Letter

26% of registered voters said that healthcare was the single most important issue when deciding their vote for president. Fast-forward 8 months, and the same KFF poll for September shows that nearly a third of the electorate now have the economy as the key deciding factor (32%). Healthcare has dropped to fifth place, with just…

recent survey conducted in the United Kingdom, around 75% of respondents said that unease around the COVID-19 outbreak has caused sleep disruption, while 77% reported that lack of sleep has interfered with their day-to-day functioning.Lack of sleep can lead to several mental and physical health problems, including depression, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity, highlighting the…

five times more likely to report being unfairly stopped by the police because of their race or ethnicity than white people.Black people in the U.S. are also up to 2.5 times more likely than white people to be killed by police. This is shocking, and the sad truth is that statistics like these will come…

One of the properties in Constantia in Cape Town (supplied) The writer, who has asked to remain anonymous says there is no place in our country for uncaring and heartless attitudes which are often seen on some Facebook groups. My journey to this point began when I caught a glimpse of some of the conversations on…

Two weeks ago already, things were really bad here at Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth.They weren't collecting the waste, no one was cleaning and the nurses were also striking because they felt the working conditions were not safe. Even the kitchen wasn't working.LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesWe had to port patients.…