Nearly 365 teenagers give birth in South Africa every day, with 10 of those daily births to mothers younger than 15
Use our interactive map to see how well each province fared, according to the best data available
The number of kidnappings in South Africa has been increasing sharply over the past year
KwaZulu-Natal’s state facilities are in the lead when it comes to stocking HIV prevention medicines — 97% of them do — and the Western Cape is the only province where men use HIV prevention medicine more than women
Just under a third of South Africa’s Pfizer vaccines are set to expire by July, so the health department is trying to increase uptake of the doses and donate spare shots
A team working with the country’s Covid ministerial advisory committee uses a formula to keep tabs on the rise of infections. Here’s how it works
Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?
Some districts report Caesarean rates of 40%, which is much higher than the 26% national average for public hospitals.
Government departments have spent nearly R65-million in the past year on the salaries of 772 suspended employees.
The 2015 World Happiness Report has been published, and South Africa doesn’t even make it into the the top 10 countries in Africa.