Here’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agendaBy Ida Jooste and Tanya PampaloneWe talked to experts in obesity, tobacco, artificial intelligence, HIV, TB and the NHI to find out what we can expect — and what we can’t — this year
KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concernsThe safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned By Tania BroughtonCourt orders government, police to block vigilantes from two clinics — and put up warnings at entrancesThe judgment complements a November ruling meant to stop groups such as Operation Dudula from blocking foreign nationals from entering government hospitals and clinics and denying their constitutional right to healthcare By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaSA’s first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February. Use Bhekisisa’s dashboard to find out who should get themWho should get what slice of the pie once the medicine is available in public clinics? And are numbers alone what would drive decisions? By Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynPartner ContentBest prop trading firms in South AfricaBy Partner Content SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027. But there’s a hitchBy Mia MalanNone of the companies that will be involved have a licence from the inventor of Lenacapavir, Gilead Sciences, to make the jab What one mother learned when a teacher ripped out her son’s hearing aidBy Karabo KeepileThe national education policy stresses the need to ensure educators have the training and skills to support kids with disabilities, such as hearing loss. But a 2024 study found teachers did not feel prepared Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cutsBy Sean ChristieFrom 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 How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? 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Court orders government, police to block vigilantes from two clinics — and put up warnings at entrancesThe judgment complements a November ruling meant to stop groups such as Operation Dudula from blocking foreign nationals from entering government hospitals and clinics and denying their constitutional right to healthcare By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaSA’s first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February. Use Bhekisisa’s dashboard to find out who should get themWho should get what slice of the pie once the medicine is available in public clinics? And are numbers alone what would drive decisions? By Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynPartner ContentBest prop trading firms in South AfricaBy Partner Content SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027. But there’s a hitchBy Mia MalanNone of the companies that will be involved have a licence from the inventor of Lenacapavir, Gilead Sciences, to make the jab What one mother learned when a teacher ripped out her son’s hearing aidBy Karabo KeepileThe national education policy stresses the need to ensure educators have the training and skills to support kids with disabilities, such as hearing loss. But a 2024 study found teachers did not feel prepared Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cutsBy Sean ChristieFrom 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 How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? 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SA’s first batch of LEN jabs will arrive in February. Use Bhekisisa’s dashboard to find out who should get themWho should get what slice of the pie once the medicine is available in public clinics? And are numbers alone what would drive decisions? By Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynPartner ContentBest prop trading firms in South AfricaBy Partner Content
SA wants to make its own six-monthly HIV prevention jabs by 2027. But there’s a hitchBy Mia MalanNone of the companies that will be involved have a licence from the inventor of Lenacapavir, Gilead Sciences, to make the jab What one mother learned when a teacher ripped out her son’s hearing aidBy Karabo KeepileThe national education policy stresses the need to ensure educators have the training and skills to support kids with disabilities, such as hearing loss. But a 2024 study found teachers did not feel prepared Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cutsBy Sean ChristieFrom 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 How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
What one mother learned when a teacher ripped out her son’s hearing aidBy Karabo KeepileThe national education policy stresses the need to ensure educators have the training and skills to support kids with disabilities, such as hearing loss. But a 2024 study found teachers did not feel prepared Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cutsBy Sean ChristieFrom 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 How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cutsBy Sean ChristieFrom 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 How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping lawBy Adam BertscherBritta MatthesAllen GallagherWhen first introduced, strict rules on tobacco advertising in South Africa helped cut smoking from 32% to 24% over a decade. But 20 years later, adult smoking prevalence has stagnated at around 20% China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
China steps in to fund SA’s HIV fightBy Lunga MzangweChinese government says this isn’t an attempt to capture the South African government but an initiative meant to help South Africans Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to itBy Richard van Zyl-SmitIt’s time to put an end to the discussions about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, and make laws that protect children Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego MashabelaWhile groups like Operation Dudula flood the zone with fear, confusion and misinformation around healthcare access for foreign nationals, that space has been easy to muddy, something only exacerbated by provisions in the National Health Insurance Act Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatmentBy Linda Pretorius and Jacques VerrynOver the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […] The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
The fiscal anatomy of the next pandemicBy Hasina KathradaPandemic preparedness is no longer being discussed solely in hospitals and laboratories, but has entered treasuries, debt offices and credit-rating meetings Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Building toilets, fighting TB: Candice Andisiwe Sehoma’s life of activismBy Sean ChristieFrom discontinued insulin pens to overpriced TB drugs, meet the young South African holding drug makers to account on behalf of patients The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?By Mia MalanThe country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More Latest News Regragui vs Thiaw: AFCON final highlights the rise of the African coach Uganda’s Museveni wins 7th election term, opposition claims vote rigging Back behind the wheel Brandon Petersen and the heavy burden of defending the Nedbank Cup title Eleven dead, thousands displaced as severe flooding batters Limpopo Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion Best prop trading firms in South Africa Ramaphosa no weak president South African stars roar in London Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cutsBy Liezl HumanAccording to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts Load More