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It’s been five years since the country prohibited same-sex marriage and LGBTI gatherings, and the climate of fear left in its wake could be deadly.

The government is investing in monitoring lead levels in paint, but experts and industry groups say that there’s no plan for dealing with offenders.

These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.

Community chemists say racial profiling and gated network are putting them out of business.

SA's listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic's source in this feature from our archives.

South Africa has disability grants but a doctor deemed his tuberculosis patient was not poor enough.

Personal beliefs sometimes collide with healthcare providers’ professional responsibilities.

When hospitals are few and far between, these shelters become homes away from home for expecting mothers. Find out how countries around the world are getting mothers to book in for better births starting right here close to home.

More than three decades into the HIV epidemic, some conversations haven't become any easier. This is one of them.

Scientists and campaigners warn that factories in coastal villages are wreaking environmental and economic havoc.

Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.

Why the woes facing South Africa’s Thuthuzela Care Centres may not be as unique as we thought.

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

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

Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh will be the first African head of state to be tried for violating the rights of HIV-positive people.

When 'that time of the month' comes, you don't have to reach for disposable tampons or pads.