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Motsoaledi: Why I use government hospitals
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has promised to get state facilities running to the highest standards.
‘Let private skills come to NHI’s aid’
Mia Malan reports on the challenges of involving medical schemes in the administration of the National Health Insurance scheme.
This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country...
When a river and several hours of dirt roads stand between you & the nearest hospital, giving birth can be deadly. One nurse is hoping to change that.
‘It’s the Free State hospital that killed my husband, Frik’
Doctors say Dihlabeng hospital doesn't have the medicine and staff to help patients.
Out of ‘T’ and out of hope – SA’s trans men face year 2...
A stockout of the version of testosterone (made by Pfizer) used by state facilities and nonprofits is entering its second year. It’s left transgender men in South Africa, who use the hormone as part of gender-affirming treatment, with few options. Find out what lengths they’re forced to go to get the medicine.
Bigger biceps aren’t always better
Men’s quest for the perfect body has reached the ‘bigorexia’ tipping point.
Labour contracts stall upgrades to Mamelodi Hospital
The Gauteng health department has admitted to problems at the facility, seen by the public protector.
When there was no list of free abortion clinics, we made our own. Here’s...
How we found the country's 'missing' abortion providers – and mapped contraception services too.Bhekisisa has created #SizaMap, South Africa's first searchable map of free abortion providers....
Investigation reveals shocking conditions at NGOs caring for disabled people
Report unearths neglect in Kenyan institutions, yet discrimination means children may be at risk of being killed if they remain in communities
‘I gave my children booze – and now I fear for their future’
In a binge-drinking community parents often give their children alcohol, or they get it in the womb.
Skeletons and closets: How one university reburied the dead
Grave robbing in the alleged pursuit of science haunts the history of biological anthropology. See how one university is righting history's wrongs.
Could electric bikes clean the air in the country of a quarter-million motorcycles?
In 2019, diseases linked to air pollution killed 1.1-million people in Africa. Could electric motorcycles save lives with cleaner air?
Busted: The myths that could be standing between you and the HIV prevention pill
A single daily tablet could slash your risk of HIV infection, could it be for you?
Mother’s vow to ‘save one more teen’
Suicides among teenagers are on the rise, but parents can be taught to spot the warning signs.
Six weighty figures to watch: The SA and global obesity epidemic in numbers
Numbers don't lie: A new report shows how people across the world keep piling on the kilos.
How many of these iconic protest posters can you recognise?
Here's the story of the Treatment Action Campaign or how a handful of people created a global movement that changed the world.