June 18
South Africa: Why SA's Reconstituted Parliamentary TB Caucus Is of Critical Importance
As TB claims 54,000 South African lives annually, the reconstituted parliamentary TB Caucus must weaponise data transparency and political leadership to combat funding cuts and… Read more »
June 17
South Africa: Foot and Mouth Disease Bungle Costs Steenhuisen His Cabinet Post
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa for a massive DA executive shake-up which sees John Steenhuisen stripped of his agricultural portfolio. Read more »
June 16
South Africa: Zimbabwean Mother's Deadly Ordeal Highlights Migrant Healthcare Crisis After SA Hospital Demands Upfront Payment
She was a Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holder, and she died early in the morning at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, delayed and in great discomfort as an emergency patient forced to pay… Read more »
South Africa: What Is 'Clean Eating' and How Can It Affect Wellbeing?
While clean eating encourages nutritious habits, it can spiral into obsession, risking both physical and mental well-being, especially fuelled by social media. Read more »
June 15
South Africa: The Doctors and Nurses On the Front Line of the Soweto Uprising
Fifty years later, 16 June 1976 is seen as a hinge moment in SA's history. We delve into that day as news reached Baragwanath Hospital and staff began to grasp what was unfolding… Read more »
June 11
South Africa: Discovery Report Shows Members Are Living Longer, but Illness Is Becoming More Complex
The good news is that Discovery Health Medical Scheme members are living longer. The harder news is that many of those extra years are being spent managing more than one chronic… Read more »
South Africa: RAF Medico-Legal Experts Owed More Than R121m As Claims System Buckles
The Road Accident Fund's medico-legal system has been described in Parliament as a web of poor planning, unpaid invoices, procurement confusion and broken accountability, with some… Read more »
South Africa: False Metric - Government Confusing Vaccination Target With Population Immunity
Eighty percent vaccinated over a year is not the same as 80% immune at a point in time. Only a second booster can stop foot-and-mouth disease. Read more »
South Africa: Unsafe Manganese Dust Levels Trigger Health and Legal Warnings in Nelson Mandela Bay
Manganese dust has so thoroughly contaminated the air over Nelson Mandela Bay's harbour and Markman Industrial area that residents are being exposed to levels far beyond legal… Read more »
June 10
South Africa: Did US Aid Cuts Break the Things We Need Most for the Lenacapavir Roll-Out?
South Africa launched the most promising new HIV prevention tool in years. Spotlight asks whether we can successfully deliver lenacapavir without the trusted pathways decimated by… Read more »
South Africa: What Is Lipoprotein(a) Cholesterol, or LP(a)? and Can You Lower Yours?
Most people know about "good" and "bad" cholesterol. But few realise there is another type called lipoprotein(a). It can raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes, even in people… Read more »
June 09
Africa: Meet the Nigerian Oncologist Helping to Fight Cancer in KZN and Across Africa
Propelled by an early vision to help others, Dr Abba Mallum tells Spotlight about his roots in Borno State, about opportunities in Stellenbosch and Durban, and about his pioneering… Read more »
June 04
South Africa: Grounded - How Broken Roads and Broken Promises Keep Xhora Mouth Waiting for Ambulances
While a high court order has mandated the deployment of two ambulances to the remote Xhora Mouth area in Elliotdale, Eastern Cape, poor road infrastructure and stalled clinic… Read more »
June 03
South Africa: Unpacking the HIV Jab That Could Dramatically Reduce New Infections
On 5 June 2026, an HIV prevention injection will for the first time become available at some of South Africa's public sector clinics. In this Spotlight special briefing, we pull… Read more »
June 02
Zimbabwe: Weak Enforcement Drives Mercury Use Among Zimbabwe's Artisanal Miners
Zimbabwe's formal commitment to reduce mercury use under the Minamata Convention stands in sharp contrast to the reality on the ground. In mining areas, mercury is openly sold and… Read more »
May 31
South Africa: SA's Healthcare System Treats Schizophrenia As a Crisis, Not a Recovery Journey
The healthcare system and deep-rooted societal stigma are failing patients. Read more »
South Africa: SA's Double Defeat - - Smoking Up, Vaping Left Unchecked
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day on May 31, South Africa continues to buck the global trend as the number of smokers increases and as many as two-thirds of high school… Read more »
Africa: Beyond Infrastructure - Training the Biosecurity Leaders Africa Needs
As natural outbreaks, laboratory accidents and the deliberate misuse of biological agents converge into an increasingly complex threat environment, Africa's ability to prevent,… Read more »
May 28
South Africa: Preventing Stunting - - Lessons From a Western Cape Maternal Health Pilot
Stunting in children remains an invisible crisis in SA, but a new pilot is offering a holistic approach that supports both mother and child. Read more »
South Africa: War On Hunger As Civil Society Takes On 'Organised Economic Violence'
Thirty children die from malnutrition every day in South Africa. This week, the Union Against Hunger set out to say that this is not just a tragedy to mourn, but an act of unlawful… Read more »
May 26
South Africa: Living With the Spectre of Hunger - - Voices of Malnutrition From SA's Impoverished Households
In March, the South African Human Rights Commission held an inquiry into South Africa's food systems. It heard from submissions that South Africa produces enough food to feed the… Read more »
May 22
South Africa: A Wheel Difference - the Mobile Evening Clinics Changing Lives in a Western Cape Town
Seasonal workers in Robertson often struggle to get to the clinic to access basic healthcare during the day, so community health workers in Langeberg have set up mobile clinics to… Read more »
May 20
South Africa: Hantavirus Shows Wisdom of South Africa's Position On Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing
Hantavirus is not considered a pathogen with pandemic potential. However, the outbreak has once again demonstrated that South Africa is not obstructionist, irrational or… Read more »
May 19
South Africa: Reprieve for Talisman Foundation As Eviction Halted After Health Minister Motsoaledi Intervenes
After an urgent intervention by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the eviction of 172 mental healthcare users from Johannesburg's Talisman Foundation has been halted for 90… Read more »
South Africa: Department of Health Mulls Over New Licence Approach After Constitutional Court Ruling
Following the Constitutional Court's ruling against restrictive health workforce controls, the Department of Health is now exploring international licensing models to improve… Read more »
