Kelly du Plessis Red tape is costing people with rare diseases their best chance at success 4 min 0 5 December 2025
VACCINE COVERAGE Western Cape health department red-flags decline in infant immunisation rates 5 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Olive Shisana Health inequality deepens as finance minister blocks tax credit shift central to NHI 4 min 2 27 November 2025
HEALTHCARE CRISIS OP-ED Africa’s children are being failed by the hospitals they depend on — a wake-up call 4 min 0 By Ashraf Coovadia, Wilmot James and Lawrence R Stanberry
FUNDING CUT FALLOUT The SA forensic nurse who turns evidence into justice is about to lose her job as GBV soars 5 min 0 By Joy Watson
SPOTLIGHT TB trends in SA show mixed picture of progress and persistent treatment barriers 4 min 0 By Marcus Low for Spotlight
HEALTH JUSTICE Lessons from HIV advocacy must be used to tackle SA's diabetes challenge 5 min 0 By Tian Johnson and Patrick Ngassa Piotie
HEALTHCARE ROULETTE The hidden costs of medical aid, and how to safeguard against prescribed minimum benefit pitfalls 4 min 0 By Jamie Benjamin
BHEKISISA Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades? 3 min 0 By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego Mashabela
MEDICAL MILESTONE SA firm takes major step towards developing oral cholera vaccine 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MEDICAL MILESTONE Biovac launches ‘state-of-the-art’ Cape Town lab to manufacture end-to-end vaccines 4 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BHEKISISA Two superbugs cause more than half the infections that kill newborns in Soweto 7 min 1 By Linda Pretorius and Jacques Verryn
RISING SHORTFALLS Gap cover 101: in-hospital shortfalls, not day-to-day bills 3 min 1 By Neesa Moodley
HEALTH IN PROVINCES Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts 6 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT The critical role of early intervention and collaboration in cerebral palsy care 8 min 0 By Janet Heard
BHEKISISA SA poised for revolutionary anti-HIV jab roll-out as regulatory approval nears, but who should get it first? 5 min 1 By Mia Malan
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED The imperative for medical device regulation to ensure safety and efficacy in healthcare 6 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
EARLY INTERVENTION OP-ED Undiagnosed childhood hearing loss a silent crisis shaping SA's future generations 3 min 0 By Katijah Khoza-Shangase
THE CONVERSATION FACT CHECK Paracetamol, pregnancy and autism — what the science really shows 4 min 22 By Dipa Kamdar
HUNGER CRISIS Urgent call for accountability as nearly 1,000 children die from severe malnutrition in SA 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
