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In the Heart of Cape Town Museum at Groote Schuur Hospital, wax figurines recreate the first human-to-human heart transplant, performed by Christiaan Bernard. (Jay Caboz)

Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts

From porters to engineers, hospital staff navigate chronic underfunding and staffing shortages while maintaining world-class care at one of South Africa’s most storied medical institutions

  • Eyaaz
18 min read
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, SAMRC President and CEO.

The state of health in South Africa: Reflections and future directions

While progress has been made in some sectors, there are critical gaps in the healthcare infrastructure

  • Derek Davey
4 min read
Despite what Panyaza Lesufi has said, once Cyril Ramaphosa puts pen to paper, the games will commence, as a slew of lawsuits are in the pipeline ready to outline the NHI’s many fatal flaws. File photo.

National Health Insurance and Lesufi’s honest appraisal of public health failures

Even advice from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor that the NHI Bill is not constitutional has been ignored

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read