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[PODCAST] The illegal cigarette business: How does it work?
Tax expert and whistleblower Johann van Loggerenberg explains the dirty details of how tobacco companies manage to dodge the taxman.
[PODCAST] Will Trump cut funds for SA’s HIV programmes?
On 20 January, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the new US president — for the second time. An international HIV expert says a Trump administration will question South Africa’s decades-long partnership with the US government’s Aids fund, Pepfar.
What if you don’t identify as a man or a woman?
Bathrooms, pronouns and growing up in a binary world. Mia Malan speaks to Demelza Bush about being genderqueer.
#LifeEsidimeni: Inside the arbitration hearings
As the hearings continue this week, Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Nelisiwe Msomi about the arbitration process.
#LifeEsidimeni: What will arbitration mean for the families?
Laura Lopez Gonzalez speaks to Tim Modise about who might be held accountable for the tragedy.
[LISTEN] Will the TB vaccine you got as a baby protect you against COVID-19?
If you’ve heard that the BCG vaccine will keep you safe from the new coronavirus, you’ve heard wrong. There’s no evidence to back this yet, says Salim Abdool Karim.
Why SA needs the anti-HIV injection — for R120 a pop
The HIV prevention injection called long-acting cabotegravir (aka CAB-LA), currently costs more than R300 000 per person for a year's supply in the United...
[LISTEN] Can drug-resistant TB get cured?
Only half of people with multidrug resistant TB are cured, and patients run a high risk of losing their hearing due to the drugs.
[LISTEN] TB and diabetes: Are they linked?
Are people with diabetes more likely to get TB? Dr Bart Willems says yes.
[LISTEN] Most South Africans have the TB germ – so why aren’t they sick?
About 80% of people have the TB germ inside their bodies, but that doesn't mean they will all develop the disease.
How an international syndicate profited from Southern Africa’s HIV epidemics
Lionel Faull takes us inside the investigation that exposed an ARV-smuggling syndicate that have managed to escape South African justice.
![[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fb94b171-sex-work-amsterdam-red-light-district-stigma-money-for-a-service-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it")
[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.
Life Esidimeni: ‘My son had death in his face’
A father speaks out about the terrible conditions his son died in after being removed from state-funded hospital care at Life Esidimeni.
![[LISTEN] Health MEC: '#LifeEsidimeni families' voices were muffled’](https://bhekisisa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2f229107-member-ignorance-the-lifeblood-of-medical-schemes-218x150.jpeg "[LISTEN] Health MEC: ‘#LifeEsidimeni families’ voices were muffled’")
[LISTEN] Health MEC: ‘#LifeEsidimeni families’ voices were muffled’
New Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa speaks about the Life Esidimeni tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 94 mental health patients.
[LISTEN] Non-lung TB, the silent killer
TB is not only found in the lungs. You can get TB anywhere in your body, but it is very difficult to diagnose.
Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?
Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.