VACCINE SELF-RELIANCE How local pharmaceutical production can transform Africa's healthcare landscape from vulnerability to strength 4 min 0 By Yavi Madurai
PHOTO ESSAY A lifeline denied: South Africa’s social grant system fails the most vulnerable 7 min 5 By Thom Pierce
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED NHI Act offers no answer to high medicine prices — Covid-19 holds lessons for health equity 8 min 0 By Fatima Hassan
SPOTLIGHT Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the Covid-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs 6 min 2 By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
ISS TODAY OP-ED The mpox outbreak’s disturbing Covid-19 echoes in Africa 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius for ISS TODAY
UPGRADE Iconic yellow trains make way for new blue People’s Train, enhancing commuter convenience and safety 6 min 3 By Bheki C. Simelane
SOCIETAL ROLES OP-ED Empowering her future — paving the path to workplace gender equality 4 min 0 By Stefani du Toit
ALEX PROJECT DEBACLE Four years and R97m later, housing meant to de-densify Alexandra is still not in use 3 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Limpopo pandemic corruption — MTN, Pro Secure lose court bid and former health chief faces the music 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
PARIS 2024 Esti Olivier – battle-hardened by life’s hard knocks and ready for Olympic debut 5 min 1 By Gary Lemke in Paris
SPOTLIGHT Childhood vaccine coverage in SA declined in 2023, World Health Organization report finds 6 min 0 By Elri Voigt for Spotlight
GENOMIC PUZZLE How rare genetic mutation that allows South Africans to control HIV could revolutionise viral medicine 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT Professor Shabir Madhi — the ‘accidental vaccinologist’ on saving lives and getting into trouble ‘quite often’ 6 min 1 By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
AFRICAN ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY Let’s not fool ourselves – corruption in the public sector is theft from the poor 5 min 1 By Chris Jones and Pregala Pillay
QUALITY SCHOOLING OP-ED Achieving quality schooling for all South Africa’s learners is within our reach 4 min 1 By Martin Gustafsson
CULTURAL SENTIMENT OP-ED Changes in rural social relations during Covid-19 a key driver of political populism 5 min 0 By Leslie Bank
WORLD FAMILY DOCTOR DAY OP-ED We can only sustain and support healthy people if we enable a healthy planet 4 min 0 By Bob Mash
MAKING CONTACT OP-ED ICT is critically changing how African migrants keep in touch with family and ‘home’ 6 min 0 By Maria Marchetti-Mercer
TRAIN WARS Rail recovery on key Joburg suburban line hampered by stoning, vandalism 3 min 4 By Bheki C. Simelane
COVID FALLOUT OP-ED No pandemic treaty without equity — Global South should resist the pressure to adopt paper promises 6 min 0 By People’s Health Movement
