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Healthcare in protest: The state should heed the desperation
Violent protests at health facilities haven’t only uncovered failings, they have revealed the interconnected nature of the rights we aspire to live
Company with false HIV ‘cure’ admits trial was not registered with regulatory body
Zion Medical can't explain the poor treatment Ugandan patients got as part of its 'trial' and its recent announcement may have added to the harm.
Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35 000 children in Congo’s...
Our computers and phones keep us connected but a key ingredient in them keeps children as young as six locked in a vicious cycle for about R26 a day.
Mboweni, take a chance and take back the tax — it’s time to hike...
In his speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reprioritised millions for new health workers and hospital upgrades. Here’s what he needs to do next.
This kills more than 700 of us each day. Now, the UN wants to...
In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Is this the Bill the alcohol industry doesn’t want you to see?
South Africa is one of the hardest drinking countries in the world, but legislation to stop it been under wraps for over five years.
How South Africa convinced the world to take TB seriously
Heads of state discussed one of the world's biggest killers in New York this week — and it was Aaron Motsoaledi who got them together.
Show us the data: Bhekisisa responds to #BigTobacco
Dear Tisa, you have a point but we’ve got a reason to be wary.
‘I thought drug users just made bad choices. Then this happened’
Until two years ago, it was Sibonelo Gumede’s job to help developers get rid of people who used drugs in neighbourhoods. Then his life changed.
When it comes to vaccines, there really is safety in numbers. Here’s why
Turns out it takes a village to raise a child but also to protect them.
Why linking pads to sex may speak volumes about how we stigmatise menstruation
Anna Dahlqvist reflects on a short history of a messy 'problem', or how the world taught you to fear your period.
How a better death starts long before we’re dying
When one man was on his deathbed, his family knew how he wanted to die and could respect that.
Dying with dignity is priceless. Oddly enough, it may also be more cost-effective.
Letting doctors know what type of end-of-life care you’re comfortable with results in a more dignified death and lower hospital costs.
This man blew the lid off the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy. Read what it taught him.
When we got our independence, we did not ask ourselves what kind of ethics this new country needed. SA’s health ombud reflects on his first big case.
Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel
Go inside this unspoken ethical dilemma South African doctors face every day.
Nelson Mandela’s words about SA’s twin epidemics as true today as in 2004
SA has a chance to lead the world in realising Madiba’s dream this September as the United Nations convenes its first high level meeting on TB.