Archive for September, 2005

Will our nurses ever come home?

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

South African nurses are deserting our shores in search of a monetary shot in the arm due to poor pay and working conditions, several media reports have noted recently.

According to a City Press article on September 4, getting ill nowadays could be more serious than ever, especially if you’re from the Eastern […]

Media highlights army’s fight against HIV/AIDS

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Although South African soldiers may not be at war, they are still in the firing line when it comes to the spread of HIV/AIDS.

South African Deputy Defence Minister Mluleki George was quoted in an Associated Press (AP) article this week as saying at a conference that 23 percent of the South African National Defence […]

Will our nurses ever come home?

Friday, September 16th, 2005

South African nurses are deserting our shores in search of a monetary shot in the arm due to poor pay and working conditions, several media reports have noted recently.

According to a City Press article on September 4, getting ill nowadays could be more serious than ever, especially if you’re from the Eastern Cape. About […]

Mice or humans?

Monday, September 5th, 2005

German vitamin conman Dr Matthias Rath has set up two clinics in the Western Cape which lure people living with HIV/AIDS with food parcels and then trick them into being human guinea pigs, according to a Sunday Times article that appeared on September 4 2005.

Rath has reduced people to lab rats in what seems […]