South Africa: Twists and Turns in the Race to Be SA's First Widely Used HIV Prevention Injection

The health department has plans to roll out lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, in a select group of public sector clinics by April 2026. Meanwhile, little… Read more »

South Africa: 'We Can't Save Them Anymore' - Doctors Raise Alarm About Crippling Cuts At Major KZN Hospital

Doctors have blown the whistle about a crisis at one of KwaZulu-Natal's most important public hospitals, saying it is functioning far under capacity due to a series of crippling… Read more »

South Africa: What Next for Cancer Patients As Court Again Rules Against Gauteng Health Department?

In the latest chapter of a long-running legal battle over the Gauteng Department of Health's obligation to provide people in the province with radiation oncology services, the… Read more »

South Africa: For Professor Rachel Jewkes, Blending Research With Activism Is At the Heart of Her Life's Work

From anti-apartheid activist to top rated researcher, Professor Rachel Jewkes has spent her career trying to make the world a better place for women. Spotlight spoke to her about… Read more »

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 »

South Africa: Stateless in South Africa - Primrose Modisane's Years-Long Struggle for Legal Recognition

When South Africans get caught up in the country's often dysfunctional home affairs system, sometimes even DNA evidence isn't enough to prove their citizenship. This can, among… Read more »

South Africa: Dragon Slayer in a Time of Dragons - Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana Battles 'Sa's New HIV Epidemic'

The obesity epidemic will hit South Africa hard on top of our high HIV burden, but advocate researcher and scientist Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana says she is ready to fight back… Read more »

South Africa: Battle to Breathe - the Ongoing Struggle for Clean Air in Mpumalanga

Despite a landmark court judgment three years ago that upheld the right to clean air, air pollution remains rife in South Africa's coal country. For part 2 of this Spotlight… Read more »

South Africa: 'I Looked At Those Tiny Feet' - How a Joburg Mother's Journey Helped Thousands of Children Walk Without Pain

When Karen Mara Moss' son was diagnosed with clubfoot, she travelled to the US in search of a life-changing treatment. She made a promise to bring it home and two decades on, her… Read more »

South Africa: With a PhD At 74, This Veteran Nurse Is Still Leading With Grace and Grit

With humour, warmth and steely resolve, Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado speaks to Spotlight about her long journey as a nurse, of creating solutions in the public health system, and… Read more »

South Africa: Battle to Breathe - How Air Pollution in Emalahleni Is Affecting People's Health

Emissions from power stations and dust from coal mines in South Africa's "energy mecca" are making many people in the area sick. For the first article of a new Spotlight special… Read more »

South Africa: SA's Doctor Deal With Cuba Is Out of Touch and Out of Time, Critics Say

The Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro medical training programme has been controversial from the start. It's had high points, low points and many say it should have an end point. Read more »

South Africa: Should Pharmaceutical Advertising in SA Be Better Regulated, and Why?

For over 20 years, the law has required that the Minister of Health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in… Read more »

South Africa: IAS2025 - Findings Give Hope for Monthly HIV Prevention Pill

An HIV prevention pill that could provide a month of protection per tablet has been given the green light to proceed to pivotal trials to test its efficacy. Spotlight reports on… Read more »

South Africa: Saving Mothers, Shaping Policy - Professor Susan Fawcus' Fight for Mothers

Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape… Read more »

South Africa: Slow Motion Denialism - Our Leaders Are Allowing the HIV Response to Collapse

South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era denialism, only this time, the science, solutions, and costs are clearer, argues Professor Francois Venter. Read more »

South Africa: Government Is Considering Providing a Vaccine to Protect Babies From RSV

A new respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to protect infants from severe illness is available in South Africa's private sector but not yet in public clinics. The country's advisory… Read more »

South Africa: TB's Tight Grip - Why This Curable Disease Is So Hard to Treat

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more different medicines. In this Spotlight special briefing, we zoom… Read more »

South Africa: How Frontline Workers in KZN Are Helping Fight the Mental Health Crisis

South Africa does not have enough psychologists and psychiatrists to meet the mental health needs of everyone in the country. One solution is to train community healthcare workers… Read more »

South Africa: This Is How South Africa Could Respond to U.S. Aid Cuts

South Africa still lacks an action plan after the withdrawal of US aid for HIV and related health services. But when funds do arrive, how will they be managed? Russell Rensburg… Read more »

South Africa: Don't Panic About New SARS-CoV-2 Variant, Experts Say

COVID-19 has largely dropped out of the headlines, but the virus that causes it is still circulating. We ask what we should know about a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the state of the… Read more »

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 »

Mozambique: Death in Mozambique - After U.S. Funding Cuts, a Health System Crumbles

Part two: If Marco Rubio came here, "we could show him the evidence" of deaths, says villager. Read more »

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 »

South Africa: Face to Face with Gift of the Givers Founder Imtiaz Sooliman

Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman has declined renewed social media calls that he be nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more »