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When it comes to vaccines, there really is safety in numbers. Here’s why
Turns out it takes a village to raise a child but also to protect them.
When climate change & health collide: Will SA’s policy have the teeth — or...
Previously, the health department dedicated about R180 000 per year to respond to what is arguably the greatest threat humankind has ever faced.
Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers
Those who dispute that the COVID vaccines used in South Africa are safe and effective are just wrong.
COVID-19 has increased hunger in SA. So what works best to improve access to...
South Africa’s expansion of social grants during lockdown was a good move — new evidence shows such cash transfers are effective in reducing food insecurity. But the country may need more of these and may also have to increase their amounts.
‘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.Brown Lekekela heads over to the flipchart that...
South Africa on the cusp of HIV vaccine breakthrough
Recently the first participants in the HVTN 702 study received jabs of a vaccine that could stop HIV in its tracks
Our most-read stories of 2023
Before the festive season kicks off, take a look at Bhekisisa’s most-read stories of 2023.
Afraid of death? Take comfort that you’ll live on in varied and surprising ways
Most of us would rather not know what happens to our bodies after death. But that breakdown gives birth to new life in unexpected ways.
Doctors use a torch to do operations
"This year we've been running out of simple things, such as Panado," says one doctor.
The transparency tightrope: Why regulators are being taken to court over Pfizer’s COVID vaccine
Both the United States’s and South Africa’s medicines regulators have faced legal challenges with regards to the information used to review and approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. But the rules that bind the two government bodies are different — as is the amount of information they can share.
If you were a girl: Men, this is what you need to understand about...
The body swap is an old Hollywood trope: Boy meets girl, boy swaps bodies with girl, boy has an epiphany about love, life and patriarchy. Too bad that in 2019, this kind of empathy is still just the stuff of movies.
Do single people wind up dead sooner in South Africa?
A recent article suggested that single South Africans can live longer by getting married, based on Statistics SA mortality data.
From symbols of illness to signs of solidarity: The other disease masks could curb
We now have the chance to use our new mask-prowess to curb the spread of TB as well — but only if we consider keeping masks woven into the fabric of our lives after the COVID pandemic has passed.
From Oscar to Diepsloot: Why do men become violent?
Bhekisisa and Media Hack Collective's 2021 #SayHerName project, researched what gender-based violence stories make it onto the news.The data backed up what we...
PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill
This tablet can help to protect the country's young women from contracting HIV.
‘I didn’t think it was necessary to use condoms because I was only 15.’
This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.