Novo Nordisk’s deal with local manufacturer Aspen to produce insulin in vials aims to supply the diabetes treatment for Africa, but critics say it doesn’t deal with the real issue: South Africans have a right to use insulin pens, but these are running out in public hospitals because of Novo Nordisk’s decision to not tender to sell it to the health department anymore.
Christina Pitt is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/November 2, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/September 20, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/September 6, 2024
- Christina Pitthttps://bhekisisa.org/author/christinapitt/July 4, 2024
Mzulungile Nodikida, Sanele Madela, Bongile Mabilane, Nhlakanipho Gumede and Godisamang Kegakilwe have one thing in common: they studied medicine in Cuba. Since its establishment in 1996, the Cuba–SA programme has been knocked for being impractical, to …
Sean Christie is a freelance journalist and author.
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/January 13, 2025
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/October 22, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/August 19, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/July 5, 2024
Extreme heat, heavy floods, air pollution and infectious diseases will make dealing with diabetes harder and increase rates of the disease, research shows. In the latest edition of Climate Connection, we unpack what changing weather patterns will mean for keeping blood sugar levels in check.
Tanya Pampalone is Bhekisisa's business development consultant and climate health newsletter editor. Pampalone is the former managing editor of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, executive editor of the Mail & Guardian and head of partnerships and audience development for The Conversation Africa. Now a communications, strategy and fundraising consultant, she works with non-profit and mission-driven media groups in San Francisco and Johannesburg.
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/December 5, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/October 24, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/May 24, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/April 17, 2024
The Boikanyo Mentally and Disabled Children Centre in Temba in northern Gauteng is home to kids with cerebral palsy, autism and Down’s syndrome. But when they turn 18, many have nowhere to go.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 30, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 27, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 17, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 3, 2024
Cebelihle Bhengu was a TV health reporter/producer for Health Beat from May to July 2024.
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/July 30, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/July 9, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/July 3, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/June 3, 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/January 27, 2025
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/January 17, 2025
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/December 3, 2024
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/November 25, 2024
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/January 27, 2025
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/January 17, 2025
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/December 3, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/November 25, 2024
Speed, scale and price would sway whether the drugmaker Gilead’s twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, will be able to markedly slow down new infections in South Africa. What needs to happen for SA to get the jab? Find out.
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/February 3, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 27, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 17, 2025
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/February 6, 2025
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 10, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 22, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 14, 2024
Has psychiatric care in our government health system improved eight years after Life Esidimeni during which 141 mental health patients died because of negligence? Health Beat visits a community mental health organisation, talks to Section27, the Gauteng government and a counselling organisation, Heal SA, to find 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/January 27, 2025
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/January 17, 2025
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/December 3, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/November 25, 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/February 3, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 27, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 17, 2025
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/January 27, 2025
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/January 17, 2025
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/December 3, 2024
- Anna-Maria van Niekerkhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/anna-m/November 25, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 30, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 27, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/January 17, 2025
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/December 3, 2024
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/January 27, 2025
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/January 17, 2025
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/December 3, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/November 25, 2024
Cebelihle Bhengu was a TV health reporter/producer for Health Beat from May to July 2024.
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/August 5, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/July 9, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/July 3, 2024
- Cebelihle Bhenguhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/cebelihleb/June 3, 2024
Hannah Glaser is a student at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at City University of New York. She interned with the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism from June to July 2024.
- Hannah Glaserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/hannahg/December 3, 2024
- Hannah Glaserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/hannahg/November 25, 2024
- Hannah Glaserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/hannahg/July 3, 2024
Astra Rincón Montañez is a student at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at City University of New York. She interned with the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism from June to July 2024.
- Astra Rincón Montañezhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/astrarm/December 3, 2024
- Astra Rincón Montañezhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/astrarm/November 25, 2024
- Astra Rincón Montañezhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/astrarm/July 9, 2024
- Astra Rincón Montañezhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/astrarm/July 3, 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/January 17, 2025
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/November 1, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/October 28, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/October 15, 2024
The health department has asked drugmakers to submit prices, and how much they can make, of the two-monthly anti-HIV jab, CAB-LA — 18 days after it accepted a donation of 231 000 doses from the US government. The shot can cut down our new HIV infections by more than a quarter over 20 years. But will generic companies come in with a low enough price?
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/February 3, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 27, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 17, 2025
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/February 6, 2025
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 10, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 22, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 14, 2024
The world has 18 months left — until the end of 2025 — to reach targets countries like South Africa signed up to in 2021. So where’s SA at? That’s tricky to answer, because the country uses four different ways to track this — and the numbers are not the same. We break down which set of data the health department uses to report to UNAids and what the other sets are for.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/February 6, 2025
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 10, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 22, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 14, 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/February 3, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 27, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 17, 2025
Media Hack are a group of independent journalists who just love a good story. They're dedicated to quality journalism and the craft of digital storytelling. While they specialise in data-driven and narrative journalism, they’re a multi-talented bunch able to harness decades of journalism skills, combining them with state-of-the-art programming and presentation to create stories for all sorts of screens. They initiate their own media projects, but they also offer their services to civil society organisations and corporate social responsibility projects with a story to tell.
- Media Hackhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/media-hack/July 10, 2024
- Media Hackhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/media-hack/July 10, 2024
- Media Hackhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/media-hack/July 12, 2021
- Media Hackhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/media-hack/May 7, 2021
Before the end of the year, 867 government health facilities will start to roll out the two-monthly HIV prevention injection, CAB-LA. The US government’s Aids fund, Pepfar, has donated 231 000 doses over two years to South Africa — 96 000 of the doses will arrive between October and December.
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/February 3, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 27, 2025
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 17, 2025
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/February 6, 2025
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/December 10, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 22, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/November 14, 2024
The way in which Gauteng’s social development department has treated nonprofits’ funding this year reminds, to some extent, of the provincial health department’s conduct in the Life Esidimeni saga. Lisa Vetten writes why it’s important that government’s decision-makers be held accountable.
Lisa Vetten is a research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg where she works on the ‘Gendered Violence and Urban Transformation in India and South Africa’ study.
- Lisa Vettenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lisa-vetten/May 27, 2022
- Lisa Vettenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lisa-vetten/May 3, 2021
- Lisa Vettenhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lisa-vetten/November 26, 2020