About this information
Namela Care brings together official lists of healthcare facilities from across South Africa and shows the source and date of every detail. Namela is not a register and does not license, inspect or rate facilities.
Public or private
Public facility. The source says a public health authority runs it.
Private facility. The source says a private organisation runs it.
Ownership unknown. The source does not say. Namela never decides this from a facility’s name.
What the labels mean
From an official source. Taken from a named government list, or from an operator’s own list where that is said. Namela has not checked it further.
Checked by Namela. Two Namela reviewers confirmed it with the facility or the authority. Nothing is marked this way yet.
Being checked. Sources disagree, or a rule holds the value back until someone confirms it.
Not available yet. No source found. It does not mean the facility lacks it.
A detail past its review date is marked “Due for checking”. Namela never renews a label without checking again.
Registration and licensing
A facility appearing on a list is not proof that it is registered or licensed. Namela shows registration only where it has been checked with the responsible authority, and shows “Registration information unavailable” otherwise. A missing record does not mean a facility is not registered. A health worker’s professional registration says nothing about a facility’s licence.
When one facility appears in several lists
Namela combines records only when the full name, the province and the district agree and the facility types do not conflict. Similar names are never enough. Records that might be the same place are kept apart and checked by two reviewers. Every source record behind a listing is shown on its page.
When sources disagree
Both values are kept and the detail is marked “Being checked”. The authority responsible for that kind of information decides.
When a facility disappears from a list
It is not deleted. It is flagged for a reviewer, because lists drop, rename and move facilities.
Where the information comes from
- Clinics and community health centres (CHCs) opened 24-hours. National Department of Health. Source date: July 2026. 422 records. Used for: Facility name, province, district and sub-district, and that the facility provides 24-hour services.
- Free State post-violence care service sites (in List Health facilities 2025). Free State Department of Health, published by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Source date: 2025. 33 records. Used for: Name, type where given, address, telephone, sub-district, district, and that the facility offers care after rape or sexual assault.
- Designated public health facilities for KwaZulu-Natal for management of survivors of rape and sexual assault (in List Health facilities 2025). KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, published by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Source date: 2025. 44 records. Used for: Name, address, telephone, service hours, public ownership, and that the facility offers care after rape or sexual assault.
- KwaZulu-Natal institutions without a designated clinical forensic facility, offering HIV and PEP services (in List Health facilities 2025). KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, published by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Source date: 2025. 11 records. Used for: Name, address, telephone, service hours, and that the facility offers medicine to prevent HIV after exposure (PEP).
- Northern Cape Department of Health designated clinical forensic facilities, 2024 (in List Health facilities 2025). Northern Cape Department of Health, published by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Source date: 2024. 27 records. Used for: Name, district, town, address, telephone, and that the facility offers clinical forensic services.
- North West Thuthuzela and Kgomotso Care Centres (in List Health facilities 2025). North West Department of Health, published by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Source date: 2025. 29 records. Used for: Name, district, address, telephone, service hours, and whether the care centre was functional.
- Mediclinic Southern Africa: Hospitals and Day Clinics, finder page 5 (items 41 to 50). Mediclinic Southern Africa (the operator, not a regulator). Source date: 13 October 2026. 9 records. Used for: Name, address, telephone, and private ownership as stated by the operator. Not registration or licensing.
- Designated hospitals for managing the COVID-19 cases. South African Government (gov.za). Source date: source date not stated. 1 records. Used for: Name, address and telephone at the time of publication.
Emergency numbers
From the Western Cape Government emergency numbers page, opened 18 October 2026.
Fair listing
Facilities are sorted by name. Nobody can pay to be listed, to appear higher or to change a label.