That some people are being denied healthcare services because they do not have identity documents or transfer letters is one of the headline findings of community-led clinic monitoring project Ritshidze’s third report on healthcare services in the Eastern Cape.
Days after chaos erupted in a Wells Estate informal settlement, with a 12-year-old boy shot dead and about 20 shacks burned to the ground, a ward committee member took to the dock on Monday as the alleged ringleader behind the violence.
There are serious concerns over the safety of health workers at public health facilities in the Eastern Cape, with some healthcare workers saying they are scared to go to work. Although the provincial health department says it shares this concern, it remains tight-lipped about its plans and the.
Following a Labour Appeal Court judgment on Monday 13 March, Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla told a Monday night media briefing that the department had given essential health workers until Tuesday morning to report for work. Should they fail, he said 'they will be making themselves liable to cha.