Industry threatens MP over sugar tax
The chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance revealed in the National Assembly yesterday that he had received threats from industry-linked people to drop the tax on sugary drinks.
Kerry Cullinan
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SA can protect sex workers from HIV – Minister
South Africa does not need to wait for laws to decriminalise sex workers before protecting this sector from HIV, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Take a stand on values, says new UNAIDS Ambassador
South Africans need to determine what values we want, said South African scientist Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim shortly after being appointed UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV.
Prevent obesity and prevent diabetes ‘tsunami’
WORLD DIABETES DAY: One in 11 adults worldwide is living with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) which released the new estimates in its Diabetes Atlas today.
Parliament finally ready to vote on sugary drinks tax
The tax on sugary drinks will finally go before Parliament to be voted on within the next few weeks after more than a year of intense consultation.
‘Hungry people are angry people’
Fourteen million South Africans are going to bed hungry every night. But the handover of land to farm workers in Rustler’s Valley, initiated by activists Jay and Kumi Naidoo and Gino Govender, is enabling once destitute people to feed themselves
Health-e’s ‘Esidimeni’ TV documentaries win Vodacom award
Health-e's former TV journalist, Kyla Hermannsen (pictured), was part of a winning entry for a series on Esidemini. Two of the documentaries were produced while she was at Health-e.
WHO’s Tedros loses goodwill over Mugabe
OPINION: Robert Mugabe had his ‘Des van Rooyen moment’ last week, when he was briefly appointed as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador for NCDs, then had the position rescinded yesterday after a huge international outcry. But what was the WHO thinking when it appointed him?
RIP Bra Joe Maila
Health-e News Service is deeply saddened by the death of Health Ministry spokesperson Joe Maila. We have worked very well with Joe over many years.
Disadvantaged for life
Forget the national obsession with matric. Over three quarters of South African kids under the age of two don’t get the right nutrition – and this puts them on the back foot developmentally for the rest of their lives.
Horrifying cycle of amputations
WORLD OBESITY DAY: A desperate surgeon appeals for help as diabetic patients overwhelm his wards.
How hunger erodes mental health
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: Lack of food security is driving depression, anxiety and suicidal behaviour in poor communities