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PEPFAR freeze risks HIV treatment for millions in South Africa and around the world

The lives of millions of people are at risk as the US halts foreign aid, including funding to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest fund dedicated to fighting a ...
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Tembisa hospital open to the public, cause of fire under investigation

Patients will be able to receive health services at Tembisa Hospital while investigations into the cause of the fire that destroyed the accident and emergency unit (casualty) on Saturday continue. All ...
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South African children lack psychosocial support. ‘Every school needs a social worker’

A shallow focus shot of people wearing the same uniform and standing in a line Social workers, researchers and teachers are desperate for more psychosocial support for children and adolescents in ...
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Mixed reactions as President sets to sign the NHI Bill into law

The announcement that President Cyril Ramaphosa will, on Wednesday, sign into law the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has garnered mixed reactions. Those opposing the bill say their ...
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Pushback against foreign nationals using public health facilities

“If you are not South African, from today you will not be allowed into any South African hospital.” This was the message delivered by a member of Operation Dudula outside Hillbrow Clinic on Monday to ...
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Health officials turned blind eye to R2 billion Tembisa hospital capture

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, GP Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. (Photo:FB/ Gauteng Health) An interim report by the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) into ...
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A ‘province in shambles’ – Gauteng health workers talk about the state of public health facilities

In June 2023, as former Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba concluded his seven year tenure, he delivered a scathing assessment of Gauteng, South Africa’s economic powerhouse and most ...
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Empower women with better access to contraceptives

Women face multiple challenges when it comes to receiving contraceptive advice and access. Addressing this, helps to empower women and contributes to shaping ...
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Dirty and Broken Clinic Toilets An Act of Indignity

For World Toilet Day, our community journalists, Molefi Sompane, Montsho Matlala and Sandile Mbili visited 31 primary health facilities and spoke to 313 patients across the Free State, Limpopo and ...
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Youth unemployment fuels growing mental health crisis in Mahikeng

Young people in Mahikeng, a once thriving town in the North West, say their prospects of finding work are bleak. The daily reality of unemployment has left many feeling hopeless, anxious and stressed ...
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E-waste: A toxic threat but why don’t South Africans recycle?

E-waste is problematic largely due to the toxicity of some of the substances that make up the components of the devices which include computer monitors, mobile phones, TVs and printers. (Photo: ...
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Meet Our Team

Bibi-Aisha is an award-winning journalist whose career spans working in radio, television, and development. Previously, she worked for eNCA as a specialist science reporter, and the SABC as the Middle ...