The world is in a polycrisis — and climate change will highlight vulnerabilities and inequalities in healthcare. We need to understand how changing weather patterns will affect our health and draw on lessons from past research to help us become more resilient. Here’s what experts said at Bhekisisa’s 10th birthday celebration on Tuesday, 7 November.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
Soley Crooks Chissano was Bhekisisa's programme associate from March 2023 to March 2024.
- Soley Crooks Chissanohttps://bhekisisa.org/author/soleycc/November 24, 2023
A hotter Earth is a threat to human health. It means more floods, droughts and heatwaves, which in turn make many diseases spread faster. Higher temperatures also exacerbate air pollution, resulting in more damage to our lungs. In this Health Beat episode we show you why climate change is our next pandemic.
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/May 27, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 29, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 2, 2024
Jessica Pitchford is Bhekisisa's TV and multimedia editor. She's been a journalist since the early nineties and has reported on some pivotal events in South Africa’s political history, such as the country’s transition to democracy and the work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/May 27, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 29, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 2, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 26, 2024
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 11, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 2, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/May 27, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
Sabelo Mabele is a freelance video director.
- Sabelo Mabelehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sabelo-mabele/November 7, 2023
Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/December 1, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/November 7, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/October 3, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/August 29, 2023
On our 10th birthday, we’ve grown from a three-person health desk at the Mail & Guardian to an independent media organisation with a staff of 20 full and part-time employees. Today, we have an average of two million annual pageviews and we’ve expanded from print-only stories to television and podcasts. Want to know more? This seven-minute video has it all.
Jessica Pitchford is Bhekisisa's TV and multimedia editor. She's been a journalist since the early nineties and has reported on some pivotal events in South Africa’s political history, such as the country’s transition to democracy and the work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/May 27, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 29, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 2, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 26, 2024
Tanya Pampalone is Bhekisisa's business development consultant and climate health newsletter editor. Pampalone is the former managing editor of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, executive editor of the Mail & Guardian and head of partnerships and audience development for The Conversation Africa. Now a communications, strategy and fundraising consultant, she works with non-profit and mission-driven media groups in San Francisco and Johannesburg.
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/May 24, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/April 17, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/March 13, 2024
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/December 4, 2023
Tshidiso Lechuba is a freelance video editor working in Johannesburg.
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/December 1, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/November 8, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/October 3, 2023
- Tshidiso Lechubahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tshidiso-lechuba/August 29, 2023
Sabelo Mabele is a freelance video director.
- Sabelo Mabelehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sabelo-mabele/November 8, 2023
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/May 27, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
In 1969, Esther Mwaikambo became Tanzania’s first female doctor. Today, she is arguably also the country’s most famous. She tells Sean Christie how public healthcare in Africa has changed — and what she wishes for the future.
Sean Christie is a freelance journalist and author.
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/February 28, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/January 17, 2024
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/September 26, 2023
- Sean Christiehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/seanchristie/August 16, 2023
A seven-year study across 12 000 people in two Indian cities shows that breathing in dirty city air for as little as one month can raise blood sugar levels. After a year of this, people have a higher chance of getting type 2 diabetes.
Swagata Yadavar is an award-winning independent journalist based in New Delhi. She writes on public policy, healthcare and gender related themes.
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Mia Malan founded Bhekisisa in 2013. Since then the centre’s staff has grown from 3 to 20 full and part-time employees. Here’s what she’s had to do to make this happen.
Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 9, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/October 3, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/August 31, 2023
- Dylan Bushhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/dylan/August 29, 2023
To help South Africa wipe out HIV by 2030, the country focuses on getting people who have a big chance of getting or spreading HIV access to testing and treatment. Researchers say that people with serious mental illnesses should be added to the list of these key populations in South Africa. Learn more.
Zano Kunene is a health journalist at Bhekisisa.
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/May 22, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/March 19, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 23, 2024
- Zano Kunenehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/zanokunene/February 6, 2024
Doctors have told Khehla Mahlangu and Jeremiah Maseko that their lungs are no good. They’ve lived and worked in Secunda in Mpumalanga for many years, where factories have dirtied the air. And now climate change is worsening things.
Esté De Klerk is a documentary radio and television producer and director.
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Jan Potgieter is a freelance video editor and owner of Slipdisk productions.
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Willem Pretorius is a freelance cameraman.
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Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/May 27, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 29, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 2, 2024
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 11, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 2, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/May 27, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
From kissing to final base, people have to say yes before you can go on. We asked people in South Africa what consent means to them, and what influences their decisions.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
Lillian Roberts was Bhekisisa's news reporter from July to December 2023.
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/December 14, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/September 14, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/August 23, 2023
- Lillian Robertshttps://bhekisisa.org/author/lillianroberts/July 25, 2023
Over 5 000 Palestinians have died since October 7, when an attack by the armed group Hamas killed around 1 400 Israelis, and led to heavy retaliation. A 35-year-old civilian in Gaza details life under siege.
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