Most people with mpox recover without treatment. But all South Africa’s cases, so far, have had to be hospitalised; all cases were also infected with HIV, which was mostly untreated. In this podcast, Mia Malan asks Jacqueline Weyer of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases how large the country’s mpox outbreak will be.
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 14, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 12, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/May 27, 2024
Danny Booysen is a freelance audio technical producer and has over 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry.
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/November 10, 2023
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/March 23, 2023
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/February 2, 2023
- Danny Booysenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danny-booysen/November 16, 2022
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/June 3, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/May 27, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
The health department will start to vaccinate four groups of people — men who have sex with men, sex workers, health and lab workers — with a much higher chance than the general population to contract the monkeypox virus, which causes mpox disease, as soon as donations arrive in South Africa.
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 18, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 12, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/May 27, 2024
From early next year, the health department could look to start using tests that can show if the genetic make-up of tuberculosis (TB) germs has changed in such a way that they could be resistant to antibiotics. This was from a presentation at the 8th South African TB Conference in Durban on Wednesday. Zano Kunene has more.
Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/May 22, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/March 19, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 23, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 6, 2024
In 2016, when renowned South African cardiologist Ntobeko Ntusi stepped into the role as head and chair of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) department of medicine, he took on both responsibilities and a legacy that most would have baulked at, amidst much scrutiny. He spoke to Sean Christie about his life’s trajectory, shortly before he joins the South African Medical Research Council as its new president and CEO.
Sean Christie is a freelance journalist and author.
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/February 28, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/January 17, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/November 3, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/September 26, 2023
Kya Sand, a neighbourhood northwest of Johannesburg, is one of several suburbs overrun with illegal dumping sites. Health Beat speaks to residents whose health and wellbeing have been affected; and finds out how community activists are trying to get the City of Joburg to take responsibility.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/June 18, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/May 27, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/May 28, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/May 27, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 29, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 2, 2024
Cebelihle Bhengu is Bhekisisa’s TV health reporter and a producer for Health Beat.
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/May 27, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/May 28, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/May 27, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 11, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 2, 2024
It’s World No Tobacco Day. Why the fuss? Because, a new World Health Organisation report says, Big Tobacco is using clever marketing ploys to get young people hooked on new-generation products like vapes and nicotine pouches. Here’s how South African tobacco laws have changed over the past three decades — and what they could become. Will it be enough to keep our kids safe?
Christina Pitt is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/June 12, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/April 3, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/March 1, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/January 29, 2024
Thirty years into democracy, South Africa still struggles with rolling out mostly well-designed policies. But if the circumstances in which a health system has to work aren’t fixed, simply passing a law to give everyone access to healthcare won’t change things for the better. Here’s why.
Yogan Pillay is the director for HIV and TB delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and extraordinary professor in the department of global health at Stellenbosch University. Prior to his current role he spent more than 20 years in the national health department in various management positions.
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/November 14, 2023
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/March 30, 2022
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/January 30, 2020
- Yogan Pillayhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dr-yogan-pillay/October 22, 2019
René English is a medical doctor and public health medicine specialist. She heads the division of health systems and public health in the department of global health at Stellenbosch University. She is a recent graduate of the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Fellowship.
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Eskom will keep three coal-fired power plants running until 2030 instead of starting to shut them down, as promised. This sets back South Africa’s international commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 to help keep global warming at bay. How does your party plan to fight climate change?
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/June 21, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 23, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 20, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 15, 2024
The ANC has National Health Insurance, the DA thinks the answer to better healthcare lies in the private sector working with the public sector, and the EFF says we need a clinic in each municipal ward. So who is right? It’s for you to decide with your vote.
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/June 3, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/May 27, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 29, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 2, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/June 3, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/May 27, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 11, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 2, 2024
Anna-Maria van Niekerk is Bhekisisa’s news editor. She joined the centre after six years as the managing editor of the investigative television show, Carte Blanche. Anna-Maria has an extensive career in in-depth health and human rights reporting and has been named both the Vodacom Journalist (2002) and Discovery Health Journalist of the Year (2010) for exposés on the selling of human body parts for muti in Limpopo and the devastating consequences of HIV denialism.
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/June 24, 2024
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/June 12, 2024
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/May 6, 2024
Section 24 of the Constitution says all South Africans have the right to clean and safe living environments. But if they’re not getting that, to whom do they turn in the face of illegal dumping, toxic waste, sluggish local government and politicians chasing the popular vote? Health Beat finds out.
Jessica Pitchford is Bhekisisa's TV and multimedia editor. She's been a journalist since the early nineties and has reported on some pivotal events in South Africa’s political history, such as the country’s transition to democracy and the work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 29, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 2, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 26, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 9, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/June 18, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/June 3, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 18, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 14, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/June 12, 2024
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/June 3, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/May 28, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 29, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 2, 2024
Ruan Visser is a South African-based freelance director of photography, crafting visual narratives with a keen eye for detail and a love for cinematic storytelling.
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/April 29, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/April 2, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/February 26, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/January 30, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/June 3, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/May 28, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 11, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 2, 2024
Cebelihle Bhengu is Bhekisisa’s TV health reporter and a producer for Health Beat.
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/June 3, 2024