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Malan won for her long-form piece, “Diepsloot: Where men think it’s their right to rape.”

The new commander-in-chief has made promises, but how likely is he to deliver?

Parliament released the NHI Bill this morning. Here is how healthcare in South Africa is likely to change.

Another school could be on the cards for the North West province as well.

COVID variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back to the basics. We take you through the evolution of the virus and what this means for your body’s defences.

The health department calls arrests 'unfortunate' after senior officials spend night trying to get workers out of cells.

After a year of lockdowns and restrictions, vaccine passports could allow people to travel more freely within their communities, enter other countries or engage in leisure activities that were largely prohibited during the COVID pandemic. But they also have the potential to further divide the global rich from the global poor.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Bhekisisa is launching a free gender-based violence helpline in Diepsloot

South Africa's first inquiry into the private healthcare market blew the lid off where your medical aid premiums are really going.

Countries around the world have begun vaccinating against COVID-19 — and it’s working. The jabs help protect people from severe disease. But for how long? Find out.

What do you do when there aren’t enough rural doctors? In Zimbabwe, village healthcare workers, trained over three weeks, are plugging the gaps.

Artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are found in many common foods and drinks, but a new study shows that these food additives could contribute to an increased risk of developing different kinds of cancers.

Private sector’s role and slow roll out likely to top ANC policy conference delegates’ list of concerns.

Provincial health department has been put under administration as ministerial task team is deployed to the province.

Home is where the heart is — it’s also important to young children’s sense of identity — but what happens when a state quarantine facility has to become their home away from home?

Access to oxygen could mean the difference between living or dying for a COVID patient. But developing countries lack the infrastructure to produce liquid oxygen and transport it to hospitals. Now a team of scientists at Cambridge University has come up with a solution.