We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’
The Ampersand connects the M to the G. We leave ‘when-we’ Weekly Mail nostalgia and financial strain behind and focus on the now
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: "We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa." Could that be true?
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There’s nothing sinister about it.
When it comes to weaving a good yarn, the devil really is in the detail.
Those most at risk of HIV are still fighting to be heard. But there’s a lot we can learn from the fight against HIV.
Activists litigated to force government to give HIV-positive people antiretrovirals. Mia Malan talks to Mark Heywood about the political consequences
HIV activist Mark Heywood tells Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan the president and health minister are direct opposites.
The HIV lobby group says over 100 of its community healthcare workers have been arrested in Bloemfontein after a night vigil sit-in.
Africa has been the poor relative with too few representatives at global HIV/Aids conferences. But things are changing, writes Mia Malan.
New evidence has shown that ARVs have the ability to reduce HIV infections of partners dramatically, writes Mia Malan.
PrePex, with which nurses can perform bloodless circumcisions without the supervision of a doctor, should be vetted by the WHO early next year.
Partial foreskin removal in some traditional practice may not protect as well against HIV, writes Mia Malan.
HIV activists from Africa and the US have called for a rapid increase in voluntary medical male circumcision in Africa to reduce new infections.
Looking back after 17 years, a mother is a living testament to what can be achieved. Mia Malan reports.
Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is the three-year-old burn victim from Limpopo. The horrific burning was a rite of passage for her mother, Anice.
South African clinicians have outlined best practice as use of the treatment to prevent infection increases, writes Mia Malan.
Although you can never stop taking antiretrovirals, rumours that these little pills will drive you mad are a bald-faced lie, writes Mia Malan.
A study by the Centre for Health and Prevention Studies at New York University has found that the use of tik leads to dangerous sexual behaviour.
Cataract operations have been transforming the lives of the elderly who look after children, usually orphaned by HIV/Aids.
A mother has described the extremely difficult path her family walks daily, caring for a child with a severe form of a speech-planning disorder.
Tuberculosis has affected health workers and it is contributing to the medical brain drain. <b>Mia Malan</b> examines the disease’s impact.
In a recent study at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at the University of Stellenbosch, two out of every three pregnant women with TB also had HIV.
A healthy diet has been touted as an easier way to reduce the risk of falling ill from the the various cancers out there.
Physiotherapists and other health professionals play a crucial yet unacknowledged role in HIV-infected patients’ lives.
Jabulani Foundation helps hospital by plugging financial holes, making doctors’ jobs easier.
Health workers at a rural hospital describe paying for equipment, taxi fares and meals as part of providing care.
A deep-rural hospital has become a beacon of hope, thanks to dedicated individuals.
A medical practitioner who studied in Cuba is optimistic about rural medicine in South Africa.
In 2006, doctors at an isolated former Transkei hospital took the decision to encourage mothers to only feed breastmilk till babies are six months.
Labourers working outdoors will suffer the most from the effects of warmer temperatures, writes <b>Mia Malan</b>.
In rural Zithulele, putting food on the table is more important than the niceties of the law.