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Godongwana’s Budget promises improved funding for the health sector — but is it enough?

BUDGET 2025 ANALYSIS

Godongwana’s Budget promises improved funding for the health sector — but is it enough?

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Budget constraints leave hundreds of doctors jobless in deepening public health crisis

BHEKISISA

Budget constraints leave hundreds of doctors jobless in deepening public health crisis

By Bhekisisa team

Budget fails to prioritise SA’s children — they can’t wait for the fruits of long-term fiscal strategies

BUDGET 2025 OP-ED

Budget fails to prioritise SA’s children — they can’t wait for the fruits of long-term fiscal strategies

By Christine Muhigana

New chronic kidney disease treatments show promise, but are expensive and inaccessible

WORLD KIDNEY DAY OP-ED

New chronic kidney disease treatments show promise, but are expensive and inaccessible

By Yazied Chothia

Experts welcome education allocation, but warn it must be used wisely

BUDGET 2025 2.0

Experts welcome education allocation, but warn it must be used wisely

By Siyabonga Goni

Sustainable African vaccine manufacturing will save lives

CONTINENTAL BOOSTER OP-ED

Sustainable African vaccine manufacturing will save lives

By Margaret Dunne, Thokozani Liwewe, Alice Im, Andrea Uhlig, Carly Gasca and Wilmot James

Struggle for acceptance: On the difficulties of being queer and Muslim in Cape Town

BHEKISISA

Struggle for acceptance: On the difficulties of being queer and Muslim in Cape Town

By Zackie Achmat

US funding cuts imperil African search for HIV vaccine

SPOTLIGHT

US funding cuts imperil African search for HIV vaccine

By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight

Person of interest in murder of whistle-blower Pamela Mabini killed in Nelson Mandela Bay

GUNNED DOWN

Person of interest in murder of whistle-blower Pamela Mabini killed in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Estelle Ellis

Gauteng health workers, experts raise alarm as hiring freezes pose risk to patient care

HEALTH CRISIS

Gauteng health workers, experts raise alarm as hiring freezes pose risk to patient care

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Postponed Budget offers opportunity for rights-based fiscal reform

ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OP-ED

Postponed Budget offers opportunity for rights-based fiscal reform

By Mduduzi Nkosi and Matshidiso Lencoasa

A VAT hike is not the answer, say experts — here are their solutions to SA’s fiscal crisis

2025 BUDGET

A VAT hike is not the answer, say experts — here are their solutions to SA’s fiscal crisis

By Lillian Roberts

Un report reveals alarming rise in violence against land defenders in remote areas

DEFEND THE DEFENDERS

Un report reveals alarming rise in violence against land defenders in remote areas

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Hunger Pangs: The Real All-Nighter

CARTOON

Hunger Pangs: The Real All-Nighter

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

Provinces owe National Health Laboratory Service R8.9bn amid labs urgently needing upgrades and staff

PAYMENT CRISIS

Provinces owe National Health Laboratory Service R8.9bn amid labs urgently needing upgrades and staff

By Estelle Ellis

Tom London Video: Helen Joseph Hospital ombud report reveals substandard care, staff shortages, leadership ‘breakdown’

HEALTHCARE

Tom London Video: Helen Joseph Hospital ombud report reveals substandard care, staff shortages, leadership ‘breakdown’

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

This week — 2025 Budget Rewind, unpacking land expropriation and exploring e-voting

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 10-16 MARCH

This week — 2025 Budget Rewind, unpacking land expropriation and exploring e-voting

By Lerato Mutsila

Saldanha Bay fishing communities now live in fear as gangsterism runs rife

GANGLANDS OF THE CAPE

Saldanha Bay fishing communities now live in fear as gangsterism runs rife

By Vincent Cruywagen

The rural Macgyver who built his own vehicle, yet he can’t get anywhere

DM168

The rural Macgyver who built his own vehicle, yet he can’t get anywhere

By Chris Makhaye

Starved for education – the harsh hunger crisis gripping SA university campuses

STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY

Starved for education – the harsh hunger crisis gripping SA university campuses

By Takudzwa Pongweni, Ernst Calitz and Estelle Ellis

Unequal labour struggles continue to divide women globally, as lives are shaped by race, gender, class

WOMEN’S DAY OP-ED

Unequal labour struggles continue to divide women globally, as lives are shaped by race, gender, class

By Sarojini Nadar