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#LifeEsidimeni:  What Qedani Mahlangu’s testimony may mean for David Makhura
Article
/ 23 January 2018

#LifeEsidimeni: What Qedani Mahlangu’s testimony may mean for David Makhura

Accusations fly as the embattled former health MEC finally testifies at the ongoing arbitration hearings.

By Laura López González
#LifeEsidimeni: Did Qedani Mahlangu send patients to their deaths for political gain?
Article
/ 22 January 2018

#LifeEsidimeni: Did Qedani Mahlangu send patients to their deaths for political gain?

The former Gauteng Health MEC is expected to take the stand on Monday when she will finally face irate families who are tired of waiting for answers.

By Nelisiwe Msomi and Adri Kotze
Myths and methadone: Will Egypt’s laws bend to the  rising tide of drug abuse?
Article
/ 12 January 2018

Myths and methadone: Will Egypt’s laws bend to the rising tide of drug abuse?

The real revolution is yet to come when it relates to the country’s opioid epidemic.

By Staff Reporter
What free education could cost us
Article
/ 17 December 2017

What free education could cost us

Saturday’s surprise announcement could be the latest blow to the country’s bid for better healthcare.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Did Bosasa illegally detain kids while working for the department of home affairs?
Article
/ 13 December 2017

Did Bosasa illegally detain kids while working for the department of home affairs?

"The cost of this Bosasa looting has been paid by immigrants detained in inhumane and undignified conditions at Lindela", the DA says.

By Joan Van Dyk
‘I told them I had a miscarriage. But the nurses knew what had really happened’
Article
/ 8 December 2017

‘I told them I had a miscarriage. But the nurses knew what had really happened’

Go inside the international network of women willing to break the law to give people access to termination of pregnancy services.

By Ryan Lenora Brown and Adri Kotze
A short history of the big discovery that redefined safe sex for HIV-positive people
Article
/ 1 December 2017

A short history of the big discovery that redefined safe sex for HIV-positive people

How science discovered that ARVs can bring the levels of HIV in the blood to levels so low it’s virtually undetectable – and impossible to transmit.

By Bhekisisa Team
PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill
Article
/ 1 December 2017

PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill

This tablet can help to protect the country’s young women from contracting HIV.

By Pontsho Pilane and Bhekisisa Team
#LifeEsidimeni: ‘The media was out to tarnish the image of the department’
Article
/ 29 November 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: ‘The media was out to tarnish the image of the department’

Makgabo Manamela is one of three officials implicated by the health ombud in the tragedy. Here’s a snapshot of her testimony during arbitration.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Motsoaledi to provinces: ‘Fund junior doctor internships, or I might sue you.’
Article
/ 27 November 2017

Motsoaledi to provinces: ‘Fund junior doctor internships, or I might sue you.’

The health minister warns finding the money for junior doctor placements is not voluntary, it’s what the law prescribes.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
In the future, a simple ring could protect you from HIV and unwanted pregnancies
Article
/ 23 November 2017

In the future, a simple ring could protect you from HIV and unwanted pregnancies

A vaginal ring could one day offer women dual protection against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. Unless this happens.

By Manju Chatani and Bhekisisa Team
#LifeEsidimeni: This official may have just thrown Mahlangu under the bus
Article
/ 21 November 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: This official may have just thrown Mahlangu under the bus

Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano’s court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.

By Nelisiwe Msomi, Laura Lopez Gonzalez and Bhekisisa Team
Cancer treatment waiting times in KZN increase by almost 30% as services stall
Article
/ 22 October 2017

Cancer treatment waiting times in KZN increase by almost 30% as services stall

Cancer patients are waiting up to nine months for treatment, says the South African Human Rights Commission.

By Joan Van Dyk
#LifeEsidimeni: Why seemingly good people came to do very, very bad things
Article
/ 19 October 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: Why seemingly good people came to do very, very bad things

At least 141 mental health patients. As officials take the stand as part of arbitration hearings, a disturbing thread runs through their testimonies.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
#LifeEsidimeni: Head of NGO tied to 23 deaths was unqualified, unlicensed
Article
/ 18 October 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: Head of NGO tied to 23 deaths was unqualified, unlicensed

Owner of Pretoria organisation Precious Angels breaks down and dodges queries amid questions surrounding deaths.

By Nelisiwe Msomi
Meeting men halfway: Clinics are going mobile to reach the toughest patients
Article
/ 18 October 2017

Meeting men halfway: Clinics are going mobile to reach the toughest patients

For decades, we’ve struggled to solve the riddle: How do you get reluctant men to test for HIV. Could we finally have an answer?

By Josephine Chinele
#LifeEsidimeni: Former Gauteng Health MEC Mahlangu visited deadly Cullinan NGOs
Article
/ 17 October 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: Former Gauteng Health MEC Mahlangu visited deadly Cullinan NGOs

Social worker says mental health patients’ lives could have been saved if senior officials visited facilities. Bhekisisa has evidence they did.

By Nelisiwe Msomi and Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Modern day slavery: ‘The girls trust the traffickers more than anyone’
Article
/ 12 October 2017

Modern day slavery: ‘The girls trust the traffickers more than anyone’

For nearly three decades, a thriving sex-trafficking industry has been operating between Nigeria and Italy. Can this woman help break the chain?

By Annie Kelly
Will you lose your medical aid tax credits in 2018?
Article
/ 29 September 2017

Will you lose your medical aid tax credits in 2018?

But if we want everyone to get quality care, something will have to give and it may not be your money, warn experts.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
How your medical bills may change under the National Health Insurance
Article
/ 27 September 2017

How your medical bills may change under the National Health Insurance

Many private hospitals will be opening their doors to more patients but does that mean you’ll be stuck at the back of the queue?

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
KZN cancer patients sent home with panados as treatment waiting lists grow
Article
/ 21 September 2017

KZN cancer patients sent home with panados as treatment waiting lists grow

State cancer patients have nowhere to turn, even if their cancer is treatable.

By Joan Van Dyk
What sex workers and clients really want you to know about the business of sex
Article
/ 19 September 2017

What sex workers and clients really want you to know about the business of sex

Making sex work safer can lead to less HIV infections and gender-based violence, studies have shown.

By Staff Reporter
Is DIY HIV testing the latest Cape Town trend?
Article
/ 7 September 2017

Is DIY HIV testing the latest Cape Town trend?

It starts with a swab but does it end with a diagnosis? Why the trickiest part of DIY HIV testing happens after the test.

By Kristen Van Schie
The promise and peril of do-it-yourself HIV testing
Article
/ 7 September 2017

The promise and peril of do-it-yourself HIV testing

One in two people living with HIV still aren’t on treatment, could DIY testing be the solution?

By Staff Reporter
‘Manana will at best get a suspended sentence or a fine’
Article
/ 17 August 2017

‘Manana will at best get a suspended sentence or a fine’

Fikile Mbabalula, Bathabile Dlamini, Mduduzi Manana. They all served in same cabinet – where 
two ends of a 
vicious circle meet.

By Mia Malan
Rape and (in)justice: 340 guilty verdicts from 3952 cases
Article
/ 17 August 2017

Rape and (in)justice: 340 guilty verdicts from 3952 cases

A new study shows the dreadful reality of how the criminal justice system is failing victims of this ‘priority crime’ in SA.

By Mia Malan
‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’
Article
/ 20 July 2017

‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’

In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.

By Mia Malan
It’s time to end SA’s war on drugs
Article
/ 29 June 2017

It’s time to end SA’s war on drugs

Drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrongheaded governmental policies have destroyed many more, argue experts.

By Staff Reporter
I’m a nurse and this is why SA should decriminalise sex work
Article
/ 27 June 2017

I’m a nurse and this is why SA should decriminalise sex work

Why would humanitarian workers support the call to decriminalize sex work? Sometimes bombs, floods aren’t the only threats to our patients.

By Staff Reporter
Why you might battle to find a doctor to deliver your baby in SA
Article
/ 2 June 2017

Why you might battle to find a doctor to deliver your baby in SA

Could the legal profession be behind the droves of gynaecologists leaving their jobs?

By Staff Reporter
Has South Africa’s new HIV plan been captured?
Article
/ 1 June 2017

Has South Africa’s new HIV plan been captured?

The new strategy is the first in a decade that does not advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
How to defy Zuma – and survive to tell the tale
Article
/ 29 May 2017

How to defy Zuma – and survive to tell the tale

Analysts say this minister’s strong SACP connections and ANC support ensure he’s ‘too powerful politically’ for the president to fire.

By Mia Malan
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