MALNUTRITION ANALYSIS Learners in Bushbuckridge are 'taking turns to eat' as families struggle to feed them 6 min 16 By Takudzwa Pongweni
SOUR TASTE Sugar poison — The case for a higher tax on sugar-sweetened beverages 8 min 2 By Lillian Roberts
STUDENT DEBT RELIEF Graduates welcome EFF proposal of Bill aimed at settling student university debt 5 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
BHEKISISA Trump ends SA’s HIV and TB research grants, endangering lifesaving, world class work 6 min 11 By Mia Malan
MEDICAL DATABASE Cyber hack attack - how one click on an email link paralysed SA's National Health Laboratory Service 7 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT What does it mean for health? SAMRC experts weigh in on Budget 2025 6 min 0 By Charles Parry, Funeka Bango, Tamara Kredo, Wanga Zembe, Michelle Galloway, Renee Street and Caradee Wright for Spotlight
BHEKISISA ‘Fund research not Tesla trucks’: The HIV casualties of Trump’s war on science 10 min 0 By Mia Malan
STARK DISPARITIES Decades of neglect: Oral health crisis demands urgent policy reform and action 5 min 0 By Sudeshni Naidoo and Habib Benzian
LIFELINE Investing in human dignity: Why basic income support grants are crucial for a just society 5 min 1 By Rachel Bukasa
CASH COW CULLED Hawks arrest Western Cape duo who hit the R7m ‘jackpot’ after hacking ATMs with rogue software 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
HIV-AIDS OP-ED A lifeline in freefall: Inaction could cost a million lives over 10 years if Pepfar disappears 8 min 0 By Tian Johnson, Fatima Hassan and Sibongile Tshabalala
SPOTLIGHT ‘We’ll come to you’ — HIV prevention project takes services to Cape Town schools 5 min 0 By Biénne Huisman
SPOTLIGHT US funding reductions leave South Africa's vulnerable populations at risk of HIV surge 9 min 0 By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight
TRUMP 2.0 Health and human rights groups (again) call on government to mitigate impact of Trump's aid freeze 4 min 6 By Victoria O’Regan
SOCIAL GRANTS Frantic efforts to migrate Sassa recipients to new cards before 20 March deadline 3 min 2 By Suné Payne
UNIVERSITY HOUSING Students sleeping outside Cape Town’s CPUT campus ‘failed to meet accommodation requirements’ 3 min 7 By Siyabonga Goni
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 17 MARCH - 23 MARCH This week — Human Rights Day, Constitution Hill festival, USAID cuts discussions, plus other events in civil society 7 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
RESTORATION Expropriation Act is a ‘tool for justice’, says Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso 5 min 6 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FOOD JUSTICE: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY Brazil's bold food policies highlight South Africa's missed opportunities in school nutrition reform. 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
