After 30 years of speculation about whether the three month shot makes women more likely to contract HIV, we finally have an answer.
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.
Cisgender, transgender, non-binary. What does it all mean? We give you the low down.
Nomthandazo* thought her and her partner were happily expecting their first baby together. She was wrong.
Did you know that anyone hailing from SADC has the right to be treated just like a South African?
One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?
Programmes letting people swap illegal highs for medications are popping up all over the country. Here’s how they work.
Find out what you need to know about Bosasa’s alleged corruption in just minutes with our Joan van Dyk.
Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it’s worse than that.
They’re not only good for workers’ health, they’re good for business too.
Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that’s not the only way she made a living.
The Swedish model, legalisation, decriminalisation — does the sex work debate leave you confused? Look no further.
When people with diabetes inject insulin, we don’t see that as an addiction. So why is opioid substitution therapy considered one?
It may come round every month, but a lot of us still don’t know how our menstrual cycle works, says reproductive health doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng.
Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.
Sonke Gender Justice’s Ariane Nevin explains the difference between rape and compelled rape and how the law treats it.
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan asks reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng why older men prey on younger women.
Our Mia Malan speaks to medical doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng about how to stay happy and healthy down there.
Do you know what the law says about rape in South Africa? Our Mia Malan explains the legal ins and outs in three minutes.
Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.
This programme is saving heroin users on the streets of Tshwane, one clean needle at a time.
As the hearings continue this week, Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Nelisiwe Msomi about the arbitration process.
There’s a lot of confusion about marijuana in South Africa. Mia Malan sat down with Joan van Dyk to separate fact from fiction.
A recently released study on rape reveals that children are generally raped on weekday afternoons, but adults over weekends. Our Mia Malan explains.
Find out why cancer care in KwaZulu-Natal is on the brink of collapse.
Sex workers in South Africa want their profession decriminalised, a view supported by many medical professionals and civil society organisations.
Sex workers in the country want their profession to be decriminalised so that they can access health services without being discriminated against.
How community health workers and data can help South Africa get more TB patients on treatment.
Can SA afford the NHI? And will you be able to keep seeing your doctor? Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez answers these and other questions.
How HIV experts may be able to help crack the code and find SA’s missing TB patients.
TB treatment is available for free in South Africa. But 20% of people are never diagnosed and spread the disease unknowingly.
Curious about water births and why they’re becoming more popular? We give you the basics in under 2 minutes.