These six countries are likely to go to war for water in 2020
Tension over water scarcity is increasing across the globe. A new system flags up where this threatens to erupt into violence.
Researchers from six organisations...
Expect COVID-19 outbreaks after the end of lockdown
It’s a new normal, warn South Africa’s leading coronavirus scientists. And schools and workplaces won’t be exempt from seeing sporadic outbreaks of the new...
Mail & Guardian, Bhekisisa journalists win Vodacom journalism awards
Bhekisisa reporter Pontsho Pilane and M&G financial reporter Lisa Steyn nab top prizes at national journalism awards
Cash for COVID: Why this controversial trial is asking people to voluntarily get infected
People who participate in a challenge trial volunteer to get sick in order to help scientists learn more about a disease. These studies have been used for diseases like cholera and malaria — and now for COVID-19.
#Budget2018: Cuts to medical aid tax credits begin
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba didn’t cut state subsidies for private medical aid members outright but your pocket may still feel the pinch
Mpumalanga’s health is failing – but it won’t take its medicine
Poor management and leadership instability lead to R2-billion in irregular expenditure.
How South Africa’s COVID vaccine injury fund will work
In the rare event that you experience a severe side-effect as a result of COVID-19 vaccines, this fund will pay you out.
‘I think I’m going to die,’ SA patient desperate for cancer drug tells UN
A desperate South African breast cancer patient pleaded with the United Nations (UN) on Thursday to help her access a drug that can save her life.
Could South Africa’s next HIV plan call for the decriminalisation of drug use?
Almost 300 000 South Africans will contract HIV this year. The country may be targeting a crucial five-year window to stem the tide of new infections.
Is your child vaccinated against measles? Here’s why they might need a booster shot
Even if your child has been vaccinated, booster shots provide an extra layer of protection.
Tortoise and the hare: Why a COVID vaccine is outrunning its HIV counterpart
Four COVID jabs’ efficacy results have been released within less than a year after the trials had started. But this is far from the norm. Researchers have been working on HIV vaccines for over three decades — and we still don’t have one. Here’s why.
Working too hard: Social grants stretched thin within a failing system
The country’s child grant is failing to deliver social justice because it is doing more than what it is meant to do, says research.
Almost half of centres for rape survivors may lose funding for counselling services
‘One-stop’ government centres face loss of important psychological help as international funding dries up
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One in three sex workers surveyed report being sexually abused by police
Sex workers tell of being tortured, including being beaten with sjamboks.
#LifeEsidimeni: What Qedani Mahlangu’s testimony may mean for David Makhura
Accusations fly as the embattled former health MEC finally testifies at the ongoing arbitration hearings.
The investigation that unravelled an international syndicate dealing in stolen ARVs
How undercover police infiltrated a criminal network that spent years hiding behind a curtain of shelf companies, Swiss bank accounts and pseudonyms.