AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Health ombud probe finds patients ‘froze to death’ in Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital 6 min 5 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
DOCTORS IN CRISIS Health Ombud launches investigation into ‘heartbreaking’ death of medical intern at KZN hospital 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HEALTHCARE Tom London Video: Helen Joseph Hospital ombud report reveals substandard care, staff shortages, leadership ‘breakdown’ 4 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT A year after a damning report, some green shoots at Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital 8 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
HOLDING NEGLIGENCE TO ACCOUNT Civil society calls on public to report instances of healthcare xenophobia to Ombud 4 min 0 By Gaby Ndongo
BAD MEDICINE? Activists red-flag ANC, business ties of man tipped to be new health ombud 5 min 9 By Ufrieda Ho
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW Lambasting Mbeki, sidestepping Mandela… and a dose of empathy – outgoing health ombud Malegapuru Makgoba on a storied career 8 min 1 By Biénne Huisman
EXCLUSIVE OP-ED Dr Tim De Maayer after Ombud’s report - Very little has changed at Rahima Moosa Hospital 4 min 6 By Tim De Maayer
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED Shut up and toe the line – the daily lot of a South African public health worker 7 min 0 By Hanifa Manda
HEALTHCARE SCANDAL PROBE We couldn’t pay monthly bill for Life Esidimeni, says former head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano 3 min 1 By Zukiswa Pikoli
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Empty promises: Have mental healthcare services in the Eastern Cape progressed? 10 min 0 By Luvuyo Mehlwana and Alicestine October
SPOTLIGHT Gauteng’s public hospitals: Shocking number of patients suffer serious adverse events every year 7 min 0 By Thabo Molelekwa for Spotlight