September 29, 2022
South Africa: Western Cape Illegal Rehabs in the Spotlight After Hout Bay Residents Speak Out Over Eleanore's Recovery Centre
Following Daily Maverick's investigation into the squalid conditions at an unregistered rehabilitation centre in Hout Bay, the Western Cape Department of Social Development has… Read more »
September 14, 2022
South Africa: Link Between Traditional Beer, Storage of Maize and Oesophageal Cancer in the Eastern Cape Revealed
Researchers at Walter Sisulu University have found a link between the high incidence of oesophageal cancer in the province and the consumption of umqombothi (traditional beer).… Read more »
September 04, 2022
South Africa: Devastating Hospital Fire Was an Act of Arson - Police Forensic Report
The fire led to the closure of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital for many months and caused huge disruption to the provision of healthcare services in Gauteng.… Read more »
August 21, 2022
South Africa: Mother Dead, Scores Sick With Diarrhoea As Polluted Tap Water Confirmed
In response to questions from Our Burning Planet after the death of Rashnie Baijnath, the eThekwini Municipality confirmed that tap water in the Birchwood area, west of the city,… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Africa: Global Discrimination Against Vulnerable Groups Fuels New HIV Infections
Many governments operate according to prejudice rather than science, ensuring that HIV continues to flourish in the crevices of restrictive societies that chose not to recognise… Read more »
July 31, 2022
Africa: Activists at Aids Conference Protest 'Systemic Racism' Behind Visa Denials and Lack of Funding Driving New Deaths
'Another minute, another death! AIDS is not over!' chant protestors as controversy engulfs an international AIDS conference in Canada. Read more »
July 28, 2022
South Africa: Scientists Analyse Eight Samples From Coronavirus Patients Showing 'Novel Mutations'
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed it is analysing eight samples taken from patients who tested positive for coronavirus infections. The samples have… Read more »
South Africa: Fourth Wave of Covid Shows Higher Number of Cases - But Fewer Deaths
South African life insurers reported a significant drop in death claims for the six months to the end of March 2022, compared with previous six-monthly reporting periods since the… Read more »
July 24, 2022
South Africa: 'I Am' Movement of 7,000 Health Workers Demands Systemic Changes
The 'I Am' movement cannot be ignored. Backed by nearly 7,000 health workers, it is calling for concrete changes to systemically fix the falling-apart public healthcare system.… Read more »
July 12, 2022
South Africa: Companies Begin Scrapping Their Covid Vaccine Mandates
Standard Bank and Old Mutual have dropped their Covid-19 mandatory vaccination and testing policies for all workers, months after implementing them. The CCMA has weighed in on the… Read more »
July 04, 2022
South Africa: As Hunger and Malnutrition Escalate, State's Plan to Ensure Sufficient and Sustainable Food Systems Is Years Behind
While food prices soar and millions of people in South Africa continue to go hungry, the government is dragging its feet on a plan to meet the constitutional right of all citizens… Read more »
South Africa: This Week - Calls for Mass Action Over Cost of Living and Compilation of HIV Language Compendium
The Parliamentary Monitoring Group and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung are hosting an expert panel to reflect on the implications of the Zondo Commission reports for Parliament; the… Read more »
July 03, 2022
South Africa: How Do Drugs Know Where to Go in the Body? a Pharmaceutical Scientist Explains Why Some Medications Are Swallowed and Others Injected
When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? Read more »
Africa: Sweden, Clinton Health Access Initiative Launch U.S.$34 Million Healthcare Partnership
Africa has 16% of the world's population and accounts for 23% of the global disease burden, but its spending on health is 1% that of total global health expenditure. Read more »
June 29, 2022
South Africa: Children's Rights to Nutrition Must Be Put At the Centre of Food Systems, Conference Is Told
Children's rights to food and adequate nutrition took centre stage on Thursday evening at the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week hosted jointly by Stellenbosch… Read more »
June 28, 2022
South Africa: Premier 'Will Respond' to Gauteng Hospital Crisis As More Doctors Speak Out
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has told Maverick Citizen that the Gauteng Cabinet's Provincial Executive Committee will on Tuesday discuss a report on the state of hospitals in the… Read more »
South Africa: Second Monkeypox Case Identified, Now in Western Cape
A case of monkeypox has been identified in Cape Town. This is the second confirmed case in South Africa. Both infected persons have no travel history, suggesting a high probability… Read more »
South Africa: Monkeypox - Experts Answer 10 Common Questions
This week, South Africa recorded its first case of monkeypox. Spotlight asked the experts and consulted documents from the World Health Organization and the National Institute for… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Mali: High Maternal Mortality in Mali Worsened By Rife Obstetric Violence, Social Superstitions
In Mali, the hashtag #lavieestsacrée (life is sacred) has become the symbol of a revolt against the country's endemic maternal mortality rates. It first appeared in 2021… Read more »
June 23, 2022
South Africa: Masks Are Gone - But You Can Still Wear Yours If You Want to, or If the Shop Insists
The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, on Thursday morning confirmed that it was no longer compulsory to wear masks indoors, as had been the requirement since the global outbreak… Read more »
South Africa: Contact Tracing Under Way Based on First Confirmed Monkeypox Case
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that contact tracing is being carried out for the first case of monkeypox identified in South Africa. The disease is… Read more »
South Africa: First Case of Monkeypox Confirmed in South Africa
The first case of the rare disease has been identified in SA. There is currently a large outbreak of the disease, globally that has been flagged by the World Health Organization.… Read more »
June 19, 2022
South Africa: EU's Departing Ambassador to SA Reflects On Ukraine, Covid-19, Energy Transition and Trade
European Union ambassador Riina Kionka is leaving South Africa after a tour marked by expanded trade and major support for South Africa's just energy transition and vaccine… Read more »
June 17, 2022
South Africa: ConCourt Rules High Court Wrong Over Burial of Foetuses Under 26-Weeks
Apex court refused to confirm a Pretoria high court ruling that sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act are unconstitutional. Read more »
June 14, 2022
South Africa: South Africans 'More Financially Savvy and Conservative After Covid-19' - Latest Research Finds
When it came to employee benefits and healthcare specifically, the pandemic had heightened awareness, the latest Sanlam Benchmark Survey has found. Read more »