LOCAL HEROES Hout Bay firefighters assist with 43 maternity cases in 2025 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
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 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
PROTECTING DEMOCRACY Gen Z takes charge as activists unite to challenge authoritarianism and reshape democracy in 2025 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CHILD GAUGE 2025 SA Child Gauge 2025 spotlights intersection of violence against women and children 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
VICTORY FOR CONSUMERS Nersa’s process for approving municipal electricity tariff hikes is unconstitutional, high court rules 4 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HEALTH IN PROVINCES Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts 6 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
RENEWED FIGHT Minister Motsoaledi relaunches SA TB Caucus, reaffirms commitment to ending the disease 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese calls for global solidarity against war crimes in Palestine 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FUNDING GAP FALLOUT Ritshidze report spotlights ‘system-wide slide’ in basics for health facility standards after Pepfar cuts 8 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LOCAL HEROES PART 1 The secret lives of firefighters – feats of midwifery, first aid and trauma management 6 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ROAD SAFETY Fatal bus crashes spike in SA as operators flout transport regulations 11 min 4 By Lerato Mutsila, Tamsin Metelerkamp and Bernard Chiguvare
SOCIAL JUSTICE Ramaphosa reaffirms commitments to tackling hunger and food insecurity at Cape Town summit 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FIRE SEASON Firefighters gain ground on Table Mountain wildfire as Overcome Heights and Khayelitsha count the cost 6 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Nic Bothma
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SIU ‘not aware’ of reasons for suspension of Gauteng health department head Lesiba Malotana 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
TRANS HEALTH SERVICE New Cape Town transgender health service addresses funding gap after Pepfar cuts 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OPEN SECRETS REPORT ‘Who Owns South Africa’ report points to ‘commodification’ of healthcare in private sector 7 min 4 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
DIGITAL REGULATION Cape Town G20 event pushes for new global laws to keep children safe online 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
EXPLAINER Global Fund cut for HIV, TB programmes poised to hit SA’s health sector 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
LAW CHALLENGED ConCourt asked to redefine ‘consent’ in sexual offences cases 9 min 4 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
TRUMP 2.0 FUNDING FREEZE Key populations in Cape Town battling to access HIV state clinics after Pepfar aid cuts – study 8 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
