South Africa: Childbirth Abuse is Rife. So Why Don't We See It?

In the past 10 years, an estimated 1.79-million women who gave birth in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng faced abuse during their deliveries, findings from a survey conducted by Social… Read more »

South Africa: Meet 4 People Who Got the HIV Prevention Jab

Four South Africans from groups the government wants to reach with the six-monthly HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir (LEN), tell us why they chose the shot, what happened at… Read more »

South Africa: Rivers of Pain in Nairobi and Johannesburg - How Bad Are They, and What's (Really) Being Done?

The Ngong in Nairobi and the Jukskei in Johannesburg run through some of Africa's most crowded neighbourhoods. Both are killing and sickening the people who live alongside them. We… Read more »

South Africa: The First Generic Weight Loss Drug Hit South Africa In August - With Many Expected To Follow. Will It Be Enough To Kill The Black Market?

The first generic weight loss drug hit SA in August — with many expected to follow. Will it be enough to kill the black market? Read more »

South Africa: 'This Is How We Do It' - 30 Years of Caring For A Son With Cerebral Palsy

His wheelchair no longer fits, and the local clinic often runs out of his medicine. Add to that three decades of living with cerebral palsy. Read more »

South Africa: #Aids2026: Bhekisisa Analysed South Africa's First LEN Roll-Out Data. Here's What They Found

South Africa has more than half of all Africans using the world's newest HIV prevention injection. But the real story lies beyond the headline numbers. Bhekisisa analysed the… Read more »

South Africa: #Aids2026: Daily Pill. Monthly Pill. Six-Monthly Jab. Why Choice Matters

A new once-a-month HIV prevention pill is moving into the final stage of testing. But early South African uptake data of the six-monthly anti-HIV jab suggest the biggest… Read more »

South Africa: #Aids2026: What HIV Got Right - But Obesity Still Hasn't

As delegates gather in Rio de Janeiro for the International Aids Conference next week, one of the biggest lessons from HIV has nothing to do with a virus. South Africa has already… Read more »

South Africa: What The Polygamist Gets Wrong About HIV and What Would Save Lives in Real Life

Jonasi Gomora dies of an Aids-related illness in Netflix's The Polygamist. But HIV isn't the real villain of the story. Stigma is. As scientists gather in Rio for the world's… Read more »

Kenya: When Sewage Floods Your Home, It Floods Your Mind Too

In some of Kenya's informal settlements, the floods that wreck homes several times a year aren't always about raging rivers and violent storms. It's also about drains that don't… Read more »

South Africa: What If A Shingles Jab Could Also Protect Your Brain?

Could a vaccine that protects you against one of the most painful diseases of older age also help keep your brain healthy? South Africa has finally launched Shingrix, a new… Read more »

South Africa: The 15 Best - And Worst - Districts in South Africa to Give Birth

Figures from the latest District Health Barometer, released at the end of April, show that newborn deaths are rising in South Africa. Moreover, the number of women dying because of… Read more »

South Africa: Why South Africans Can Trust the Constitutional Court's NHI Ruling — Whichever Way It Goes

In early May this year South Africa's Constitutional Court became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes over health legislation since democracy. Read more »

South Africa: Could the NHI Fuel Anti-Immigrant Sentiment?

As anti-immigrant protests gather momentum, a clause in the NHI Act could deny many refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants HIV treatment — despite Health Minister… Read more »

South Africa: 'They're in the Wind' - How U.S. Cuts Pushed Trans People Out of Care

US funding cuts gutted the NGOs that provided most of South Africa's transgender healthcare overnight. Last week, things became even cloudier with news reports that the US… Read more »

South Africa: 'The Law Is Clear': Sasha Stevenson Fights Back As Vigilantes Try To Keep Migrants Out Of Clinics

As executive director of SECTION27, Sasha Stevenson spent more than a decade fighting for migrants' right to healthcare, holding the state accountable for the Life Esidimeni… Read more »

South Africa: What Happens When the World's Best HIV Prevention Tool Meets the Planet's Deadliest Infectious Disease?

The roll-out of South Africa's six-monthly HIV prevention medication lenacapavir (LEN) has to consider our other epidemic: TB. Read more »

South Africa: How South Africa Birthed the Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts

The electronic cigarette industry arrived in the country with lots of hype and no regulation more than a decade ago. Today, the vape industry is thriving, with no guardrails in… Read more »

South Africa: Could Where You Live Shape the Healthcare You Get In A Climate Crisis?

The world has seen the 11 hottest years on record between 2015 and 2025, and climate experts say the trend points to more intense and unpredictable weather ahead in the future. But… Read more »

Africa: Ebola is Back. So Are The Double Standards

 Is history repeating itself — just four years after the COVID-19 pandemic — with the United States demanding an Ebola quarantine camp for Americans in Kenya? In… Read more »

South Africa: Why Storms That Used to Happen Every 50 Years Are Hitting More Often

In early May, heavy weather in parts of the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape cost at least 10 lives , displaced thousands of people and badly damaged roads, buildings and… Read more »

South Africa: How to Use the Anti-HIV Jab and Where To Find It

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab, which prevents HIV through sex, is now stocked for free at 360 government clinics in six of South Africa's provinces. So how does the jab work, how do… Read more »

South Africa: Is South Africa Making Good on Its Climate Promises? Our Sums Say 'Yes' - At Least so Far

To make good on its climate promises, South Africa is aiming to pump no more than the equivalent of 420-million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air by 2030 — and… Read more »

South Africa: Misinformation is Coming for the Anti-HIV Jab. Let's Get Ahead Of It

A new HIV prevention injection could change the course of the epidemic — but only if people trust it. Research shows we can pre-empt the false claims already forming around… Read more »

Mozambique: What Years of War, Cyclones and Displacement Have Wrought to the People of Northern Mozambique

BLURB: Northern Mozambique has been absorbing what humanitarian groups call "multiple shocks" for years. Conflict, cyclones, cholera, displacement; each arriving before the last… Read more »