South Africa: Are There HIV Meds in the Water? Here's What the Science Says

An old research report turned up in the headlines last month and left South Africans worried about our water systems. Bhekisisa joined up with Africa Check to find out how good… Read more »

South Africa: The UN Had a Plan to Fight Deadly Lifestyle Diseases. Industry Pressure Killed Most Of It

At the United Nations  General Assembly high-level meeting  in New York next week, South Africa is expected to join other countries in signing a watered down… Read more »

South Africa: Tickbox Consultations Without Truly Listening Won't Save the NHI. Changing Governance Structures May

If the government is serious about building trust in the health sector, it must start by fixing the way the  National Health Insurance (NHI)  will be governed.… Read more »

South Africa: How SA Influencers Help the Tobacco Industry to Spread Confusing Messages

Sbusiso Leope, better known as DJ Sbu, is part of a social media campaign that's been pushing back on parts of the tobacco Bill that is in front of Parliament. He's just one of… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Plans Anti-HIV Jab Roll-Out at 300+ Clinics by April. By 2027 the Government Will Be Buying Generics

The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir , available at more than 300 government clinics in health districts — with high rates of… Read more »

South Africa: At 16, He Mediated a Highjacking. Now He's Negotiating for the Survival of HIV Programmes

Ndiviwe Mphothulo started in politics at the age of 12 in Soweto, where he was born with activism in his bloodline. Now, a medical doctor and the president of the Southern African… Read more »

South Africa: Most People on ARVs Stay on Them - Does Our Health System Know That?

The health department has R622-million extra to prop up South Africa's HIV treatment programme in the wake of foreign aid cuts. But it's only about a fifth of the total gap. We… Read more »

South Africa: The Warning Labels That Could Be Coming for Your Crisps

"It's sort of hidden." Read more »

South Africa: Does South Africa Need a COVID-like Ministerial Advisory Committee to Deal with HIV Funding Cuts?

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi  told  Bhekisisa 's TV show, Health Beat, in July , that he "would strongly consider" a ministerial advisory committee (MAC), like the… Read more »

South Africa: The Triple Whammy - HIV, Migration and Climate Change

More and more research is showing how climate change could trigger increased migration and, with it, another obstacle in managing HIV spread and treatment. But, say public health… Read more »

South Africa: Here's What South Africa's Teen Girls Want You to Know About Their State of Mind

We talked with 50 teenage girls and young women from communities with high rates of HIV, early pregnancy and school drop-out rates to hear what's stressing them out — and how… Read more »

South Africa: Unsafe and Substandard. Is That What Public Healthcare in South Africa Looks Like?

"Unsupervised, unstructured, non-standardised, unsafe, and altogether substandard." This is how the health ombud's report at the end of July described care at two public hospitals… Read more »

South Africa: Let's Talk About Death and Dying

Medical school prepares our future doctors to save lives. But with death being the endpoint for all of us, shouldn't we be talking about it? Read more »

South Africa: Small Win for Activists, But South Africa's HIV Projects Won't Get Reopened

The $400-million that the United States (US) Congress removed from a list of programmes from which the Trump administration wants to cut funds, doesn't cancel  the cuts to… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Gets R520 Million to Buy the Twice-a-Year Anti-HIV Jab - But There's a Snag

SA has accepted an offer of just over R520-million from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir. Research shows the… Read more »

South Africa: Vapes Are Safe Alternatives to Smoking. And Other Lies They Told Us

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report released this week has some ideas on how to fight Big Tobacco's influence machine — just as an SA Bill regulating newer tobacco… Read more »

South Africa: Professor Screw It, Let's Do It

Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the… Read more »

South Africa: Here's The Drinking Conversation We Need to Have

Telling most South Africans they can't drink is a nonstarter. But what we all do need to know is just how dangerous it is — and what we can do to curb it. Read more »

South Africa: If Your Cigarette Box Isn't Disgusting, It's Not Doing Its Job

A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That's what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it's a tiny black box. Read more »

South Africa: Making Diphtheria Great Again? Why South Africa's Public Health Experts Are Worried About RFK Jr

Misinformation fuelled by US health czar Robert Kennedy Jr is creating a dangerous — and growing — lack of trust in vaccines. Here's why South Africa's public health… Read more »

South Africa: Time Up for Sexual Offenders?

A test lawsuit will determine whether the time limit on reporting sexual assault will be lifted. Read more »

South Africa: Court Case Could Cut Loophole That Lets Abusers Off the Hook

Eight men and women may change the law and pave the way to justice and healing for thousands. Read more »