Diet and lack of exercise main reasons for dramatic rise in diabetes
The first World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Diabetes report says that diabetes has increased globally, and the disease claims more lives yearly.
Romeo and Juliet are sexting: Will SA’s new sex-ed prepare children for life, love...
Today’s young lovers face far more than feuding families but does the department of basic education’s new plan to teach learners...
Dancing with the devil: UCT stubs out tobacco-funded unit
Can Tobacco money can ever be washed clean? Most researchers at the University of Cape Town say no.
Fears as Durban loses last state cancer specialist
Only two state cancer specialists remain in the province of more than 10-million people.
South Sudan turns to tourism in bid to draw line under past unrest
Travel firms adopt wait-and-see approach as government seeks to entice visitors with safaris, Nile rafting and climbing trips.
‘Malnutrition: Toddlers are almost as often overweight as they are underweight’
A quarter of the world's overweight children live in Africa, amounting to almost the same number as wasting minors.
#LifeEsidimeni: This official may have just thrown Mahlangu under the bus
Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano's court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.
Hearts: R1.5 million. Kidneys: R3.5 million. Can you really buy organs in Cape Town?
Why languish in illness when the poor could be used to help you live long and prosper? A dubious advertisement recently advocated.
Coronavirus: What you need to know if you have HIV, diabetes or TB
If cases of the new coronavirus spread in South Africa, the country may be heading into uncharted territory — becoming the...
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.
Bhekisisa, M&G journalists nab top honours at health awards
Reporters lauded for their work on prison conditions, refugees’ access to health and SA’s road to a sugar tax.
Can government employees kiss those above-inflation increases goodbye?
Picketing doctors and nurses in Limpopo could be just a taste of what's to come as unions and government prepare to head to the bargaining table.
Denying the right to die may be state-sanctioned torture, legal body says
As the country’s landmark euthanasia case heads to the appeal court, lawyers argue that keeping the practice illegal could violate the Bill of Rights
Durban cuts city’s only needle exchange programme
A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.
Could your birth control increase your risk of HIV? Science finally has an answer.
But new science doesn't change the fact that women still have too few options when it comes to contraception.
Vimba! Bhekisisa app helps Diepsloot women and children access help when raped
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Bhekisisa is launching a free gender-based violence helpline in Diepsloot