March 04
South Africa: The Mosquito Hunters Working Against Rising Floods and Shrinking Budgets to End Malaria in South Africa
Get to know South Africa's malaria experts as they outrun hitchhiking mosquitoes and pollution-hardy bugs while navigating a regional funding collapse and a spiralling climate… Read more »
February 12
South Africa: How Medicines Pricing Works in South Africa and How It Might Change in Future
In South Africa, as in many places, pharmaceutical companies are not free to change medicine prices as they wish. In his latest Inside The Box column, Dr Andy Gray unpacks how… Read more »
August 25, 2025
South Africa: How Could More Efficient Use of Reliance Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Medicines?
Rather than trying to do everything from scratch, medicines regulators from different countries are increasingly sharing the load between them by 'relying' on each other's work. In… Read more »
June 27, 2025
South Africa: Questions Over Tripling of Gauteng Health's Security Budget
In just two years, the Gauteng health department's spending on security has more than tripled. We try to get to the bottom of the ballooning bills and what it means for governance… Read more »
June 25, 2025
South Africa: Attempts Underway to Fix Gap in South Africa's Plan to Fight Cancer
Experts say cancer patients in the public sector in South Africa are dying for avoidable reasons like dysfunctional referral systems and a lack of medical imaging and treatment. We… Read more »
