The state has an obligation to meet the needs of women who want contraception, say the authors of a report which found that the contraceptive injection is often not available at state health facilities. Graphic: Lisa Nelson Injectable contraception has been the hardest hit by stockouts in the public health system over the past months, a survey has found. The survey by the Stop … [Read more...] about Medicine stockouts: contraceptives are the worst hit
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How bad is health care in Zimbabwe?
A woman gets her temperature checked before entering Mpilo Hospital, Bulawayo, 25 April 2020. Photo: KB Mpofu / ILO via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) In light of the video of Dr Phophi Ramathuba, Limpopo MEC for Health, berating a Zimbabwean patient for the failure of the Zimbabwean government to provide health services, it’s worth asking the question: Just how bad is the Zimbabwean … [Read more...] about How bad is health care in Zimbabwe?
TAC tackles health minister on medical xenophobia
Chair of the Treatment Action Campaign Sibongile Tshabalala called on the government to speak out on medical xenophobia. Photo supplied by TAC Health minister Joe Phaahla came under fire at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) congress for his refusal to talk about xenophobia in the health system after Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba’s remarks about immigrants. A video of … [Read more...] about TAC tackles health minister on medical xenophobia
This is not a broken bus. This is a classroom in an Eastern Cape school.
This bus has been converted into a classroom at Sindawonye Primary School. Photos: Thamsanqa Mbovane What looks like a dilapidated bus standing in the school yard of Sindawonye Primary School, next to the R75 in Coega, Eastern Cape, is in fact used as a classroom. The school has 79 learners from grade R to 6, too many grades and learners to teach properly in its two small … [Read more...] about This is not a broken bus. This is a classroom in an Eastern Cape school.
We travel to Harare with returning Zimbabweans
GroundUp travelled with returning Zimbabweans from Gqeberha to Harare. Photo: Joseph Chirume. With the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) almost all holders of the permit, about 180,000 Zimbabweans residing in South Africa, will find themselves undocumented as of 1 January 2023. They have a stark choice: return to a broken country or continue to live illegally in … [Read more...] about We travel to Harare with returning Zimbabweans
