PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS Seven years later, still no permanent CEO for NMB’s Livingstone Hospital 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
BHEKISISA Six-monthly anti-HIV jab is coming, but can SA keep track of millions of users? 8 min 0 By Ida Jooste and Mia Malan
HEALA TO APPEAL Ruling against ad about danger of fizzy drinks ‘strikes at the heart of public health advocacy’ 6 min 1 By Lillian Roberts
ANALYSIS Benny stock cube recall highlights need for clear labelling amidst high sodium consumption 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK Pleasure and policy — SA’s inaugural Sex of the Nation Address 7 min 0 By Yeshiel Panchia
INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST R836m state hospital oxygen tender fraud confirmed, IDT CEO faces suspension 4 min 11 By Yeshiel Panchia
THE CONVERSATION There is no loneliness epidemic – so why do we keep talking as if there is? 3 min 0 By Brendan Kelly
SPOTLIGHT Under siege — healthcare suffers, workers living in fear as criminals target Nelson Mandela Bay clinics 7 min 1 By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight
WORLD KIDNEY DAY OP-ED New chronic kidney disease treatments show promise, but are expensive and inaccessible 4 min 0 By Yazied Chothia
FOOD REGULATION Research exposes high levels of misleading health claims, often on packaged foods targeting children 5 min 5 By Lillian Roberts
SPOTLIGHT TB in decline after much progress made, yet urgent action needed to combat late diagnosis 10 min 1 By Marcus Low for Spotlight
BHEKISISA Unlocking the value of breastfeeding with a revolutionary approach to global health and climate action 5 min 0 By Tanya Pampalone
SPOTLIGHT Virchow Prize winner Lucy Gilson on NHI — ‘service delivery requires people, not just money’ 7 min 1 By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
BHEKISISA Which province is likely to spend the most on budget-busting medical negligence claims? 3 min 0 By Zano Kunene
DIETARY SHIFT 'Better strategies needed to protect South Africans against ultra-processed foods' 3 min 9 By Adèle Sulcas
SPOTLIGHT SA’s HIV burden a concern as new mpox strain spreads in DRC – but much still unknown 2 min 0 By Elri Voigt for Spotlight
GROUNDUP Eight years and counting – raw sewage pouring continuously into Butterworth river 3 min 1 By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
PUBLIC HEALTH The social media diet: experts weigh in on how marketing affects unhealthy food habits 1 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
REFORM What would it take to turn National Health Insurance into universal healthcare? 11 min 50 By Tracey Naledi, Krish Vallabhjee, Atiya Mosam and Mark Heywood
EPIDEMIC ALERT South Africa’s mpox outbreak cases rise to 20, death toll at three 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
PUBLIC HEALTHCARE Grieving family considers suing Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital after patient burns to death 3 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
