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It’s been eleven years since Zine Konwayo was first diagnosed with tuberculosis, but she is still dealing with the fallout of the disease. Not only has it damaged her lungs, but it’s also preventing her from finding a job.

Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their unborn children at greater risk than they think, writes Mia Malan.

Are faith-based NGOs breaking the law when they refuse to give women information on where to terminate their pregnancies?

The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s digital campaign Treasure Your Pleasure is using an evidence-based sex-positive approach to educate young Africans about safe sex.

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....

Silicosis might appear only 15 years after exposure to gold ore dust, long after they have gone home. Heidi Swart reports.

Traditional and Western healers team up to treat patients with HIV and tuberculosis because many people consult more than one health system.

As South Africa enters level two of its national lockdown, international travel remains restricted. One of the few exceptions are repatriation flights, which require a mandatory quarantine period. But the toll of mounting stress and isolation may have long-term consequences on people’s mental health.

Where traditional beliefs are more real than textbooks, treating mental illness is a balancing act for sangomas and medical doctors alike.

A Johannesburg director has taken up the continuing tragedy of botched circumcisions.

‘Baby bins' can mean the difference between life – and death at the bottom of a trash can.

One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe. Here's how the country is fighting antivaxxers through social media.

In a country where pipes can stop short of reaching home, cheap sachets of water sold on the street could be an unlikely solution, but at what cost?

Wouter Basson, one of SA's controversial apartheid-era figures, may be banned from practising medicine, but cardiology would suffer, say patients.

South Africa is pumping more money into female condom distribution. We look at what's on the market and what's to come for the femidom.

Many women suffer from menstrual cramps extreme enough to confine them to bed, but treatment is available that can provide effective relief.