Health workers bring Gqeberha hospital to a standstill
A strike at Dora Nginza Hospital over unpaid overtime has disrupted services, leaving patients without care or medication.
GroundUp
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Health in 2025: Spotlight’s top 4 questions for the year ahead
2025 brings critical healthcare challenges, from NHI debates in South Africa to global impacts of U.S. policy and worker shortages.
Spotlight
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Calls for Initiation Practices to be Suspended in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape’s initiation schools face a growing crisis, with neglect and preventable deaths threatening this traditional practice’s future.
Karibu
January 15, 2025
SAFTU Statement Condemning the Heinous Attack on Nurses in Chuene Clinic in Polokwane
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric and inhumane act perpetrated
SAFTU
January 11, 2025
SAFTU CONDEMNS THE CRUEL TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAMMES FOR WORKERS OVER 55 YEARS OLD
SAFTU condemns the government’s decision to cut jobs for older workers (55+), highlighting its devastating impact on vulnerable communities.
SAFTU
January 4, 2025
Proposed Health Professions Act Amendment a double-edged sword
South Africa’s rising unemployment among healthcare graduates highlights serious problems in the system, threatening fair access to healthcare and increasing
Spotlight
December 10, 2024
Health DG, IDT CEO paved way for dodgy R836m oxygen plant contracts
Signed appointment letters and related documents reveal that the National Department of Health’s (NDoH) top official and his counterpart at
amaBhungane
December 10, 2024
How healthcare workers are being trained to meet the needs of rural communities
Ukwanda, the isiXhosa word for “grow,” encapsulates the mission of Stellenbosch University’s Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health: nurturing healthcare in
Spotlight
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Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid
Photo: AI-generated image (Dall-E) representing fentanyl on a map of South Africa. Image edited using Photoshop by GroundUp staff. Recent
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December 9, 2024
Community Members Now Fed Up with Half-Decade-Long Makhanda Water Crisis
The water crisis has had severe impacts on the residents who want urgent solutions after years of municipal inaction.
Karibu
December 3, 2024
Government & Service Delivery
Health workers bring Gqeberha hospital to a standstill
A strike at Dora Nginza Hospital over unpaid overtime has disrupted services, leaving patients without care or medication.
GroundUp
January 23, 2025
Government & Service Delivery
Health in 2025: Spotlight’s top 4 questions for the year ahead
2025 brings critical healthcare challenges, from NHI debates in South Africa to global impacts of U.S. policy and worker shortages.
Spotlight
January 21, 2025
Arts & Culture
Calls for Initiation Practices to be Suspended in Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape’s initiation schools face a growing crisis, with neglect and preventable deaths threatening this traditional practice’s future.
Karibu
January 15, 2025
SAFTU Statement Condemning the Heinous Attack on Nurses in Chuene Clinic in Polokwane
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric and inhumane act perpetrated
SAFTU
January 11, 2025
Community & Collectives
SAFTU CONDEMNS THE CRUEL TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAMMES FOR WORKERS OVER 55 YEARS OLD
SAFTU condemns the government’s decision to cut jobs for older workers (55+), highlighting its devastating impact on vulnerable communities.
SAFTU
January 4, 2025
Government & Service Delivery
Proposed Health Professions Act Amendment a double-edged sword
South Africa’s rising unemployment among healthcare graduates highlights serious problems in the system, threatening fair access to healthcare and increasing
Spotlight
December 10, 2024
Economy & Energy
Health DG, IDT CEO paved way for dodgy R836m oxygen plant contracts
Signed appointment letters and related documents reveal that the National Department of Health’s (NDoH) top official and his counterpart at
amaBhungane
December 10, 2024
How healthcare workers are being trained to meet the needs of rural communities
Ukwanda, the isiXhosa word for “grow,” encapsulates the mission of Stellenbosch University’s Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health: nurturing healthcare in
Spotlight
December 9, 2024
Government & Service Delivery
Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid
Photo: AI-generated image (Dall-E) representing fentanyl on a map of South Africa. Image edited using Photoshop by GroundUp staff. Recent
GroundUp
December 9, 2024
Environment & Water
Community Members Now Fed Up with Half-Decade-Long Makhanda Water Crisis
The water crisis has had severe impacts on the residents who want urgent solutions after years of municipal inaction.
Karibu
December 3, 2024