HEALTHCARE Tom London Video: Helen Joseph Hospital ombud report reveals substandard care, staff shortages, leadership ‘breakdown’ 4 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 10-16 MARCH This week — 2025 Budget Rewind, unpacking land expropriation and exploring e-voting 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
GANGLANDS OF THE CAPE Saldanha Bay fishing communities now live in fear as gangsterism runs rife 8 min 3 By Vincent Cruywagen
DM168 The rural Macgyver who built his own vehicle, yet he can’t get anywhere 6 min 6 By Chris Makhaye
STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY Starved for education – the harsh hunger crisis gripping SA university campuses 8 min 10 By Takudzwa Pongweni, Ernst Calitz and Estelle Ellis
WOMEN’S DAY OP-ED Unequal labour struggles continue to divide women globally, as lives are shaped by race, gender, class 5 min 0 By Sarojini Nadar
HELL AFFAIRS South Africa’s appalling treatment of Congolese asylum seekers is a failure of humanity 5 min 0 By Zekhethelo Cele, Sharon Ekambaram and Hlengiwe Mtshatsha
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Closing the gap: South Africa's ambitious strategy to add 1.1 million on life-saving antiretrovirals 7 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
STUDENT SUPPORT Student financial aid scheme appoints new acting CEO to turn around financial crisis 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
PHOTO ESSAY Albie Sachs at 90 - a life of courage, justice, human rights and legacy 5 min 2 By The Albie Collection
ESSENTIAL SUPPORT Early childhood development must remain a priority in revised 2025 Budget 4 min 0 By Daniel McLaren and Hopolang Selebalo
TRUMP 2.0 Health workers face mass unemployment as USAid funding cut-off hits home 7 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp
FOOD BASKET CHECK Food basket even more unaffordable with the prospect of a VAT increase 4 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SERUM SHORTAGE ‘Nightmare crisis’ — SA’s National Health Laboratories run out of snake, scorpion and spider antivenom 5 min 17 By Estelle Ellis
BHEKISISA The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar 7 min 0 By Ida Jooste
SPOTLIGHT US funding freeze puts vital tuberculosis research at risk as global health crisis looms 7 min 0 By Elri Voigt for Spotlight
HEALTH SECURITY OP-ED Consequences of US HIV/Aids funding withdrawal will be dire 4 min 0 By Wilmot James, Stephanie Psaki and Glenda Gray
SPOTLIGHT North West research hub aims to decode health challenges facing ‘people of the dew’ 5 min 0 By Nthusang Lefafa
OPEN LETTER Petition to SA ministers of finance and health — don’t hike VAT, raise tax on harmful products 3 min 6 By Health Professionals
SPOTLIGHT Will new healthcare tariff framework finally tame South Africa’s rising medical costs? 8 min 1 By Chris Bateman for Spotlight
