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From taxi driver to TB-care champion, Zamani Dlamini brings hope to the sick in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

For those with breast cancer, a mastectomy may seem like the best option. But Joanna Moorhead is glad she chose less extensive surgery.

A horrifying experience at an illegal abortion provider led Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile to use social media to help women access safe abortion services

There are no visiting hours for COVID-19 patients. Instead, there’s anxiety, fear, stigma and potential grief. But there’s also — at least some — resilience.

Karyn Maughan lives with diabetes and was partially vaccinated when she contracted the virus that causes COVID-19. But because of vaccination she survived the illness — unlike two of her unvaccinated colleagues, who also had diabetes, and died.

When Thami Mabuza found a lump in his chest, he never could have imagined it was breast cancer.

Here's the story of the Treatment Action Campaign or how a handful of people created a global movement that changed the world.

Replacement therapy for menopause symptoms is considered safe – if the breast cancer risk is addressed.

Former president Nelson Mandela regretted not acting on HIV during his presidency, but he made up for it in spades.

Memories, behaviours, attitudes and even perceived age can all switch together as people transition from one self to another.

A single daily tablet could slash your risk of HIV infection, could it be for you?

Corporate watchdog urges clean-up of supply chains as analysis finds weak regulation and enforcement has led to lack of scrutiny.

An NGO is changing lives by giving prosthetic limbs to amputees from rural and poor areas.

In the Free State, access to health services can depend on who you know, as the tragic case of one woman illustrates.

Before 2011, this country couldn’t screen for cervical cancer let alone prevent it. Since then everything’s changed.

Some of your favourite comfort food could be concealing a killer.