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Cerebral palsy does not only affect one person, it alters the lives of the family as well.

A change in mind-set is required because feeding schemes alone cannot put an end to malnutrition.

Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.

Despite clear evidence they are most at risk, older people are seen as dispensable as younger patients are prioritised in the fight against COVID-19.

The country's health system is ravaged, but a team of volunteer doctors visit regularly: operating on the desperate and training local medical staff.

For many tuberculosis (TB) patients, the road to a cure begins with a simple test.Today, South Africa is rolling out the world’s best technology...

The joy of motherhood is killed by a moral and ethical dilemma when doctors advise termination of a pregnancy.

Grave robbing in the alleged pursuit of science haunts the history of biological anthropology. See how one university is righting history's wrongs.

A quarter of public clinics ran out of HIV and TB medication last year, a survey has found.

Healthy lungs don’t mean you’re off the hook: tuberculosis can take root anywhere in the body.

Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.

There are too few psychiatrists, so a foundation is using a Canadian model to rehabilitate people.

When Mark died, emergency services left his body on the pavement in central Pretoria for hours.

Take a look at life after war for the women abducted by Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony.

Report unearths neglect in Kenyan institutions, yet discrimination means children may be at risk of being killed if they remain in communities

In the state sector, not everyone is equal. Some of us have to pay an arm, a leg and a full working day.