Coke denies sugar cut linked to tax
Coca-Cola South Africa denies that it cut the sugar content of its drinks in response to government’s tax on sugary drinks.
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Intersex no-person’s land
Two intersex activists speak about growing up outside tradition notions of being male or female.
Social media posts highlight challenges in EC hospitals
Eastern Cape communities are using social media to express their unhappiness with public health facilities.
Baby is brain-damaged and blind after alleged antibiotic allergy
A five-month-old baby was left brain-damaged and blind after developing a severe allergic reaction from an antibiotic.
Let’s talk about sex, says Stop the Spot founder
LIMPOPO - To curb the spread of sexual infections and the high rate of teen pregnancies in rural villages in Vhembe district, 23-year-old student Avhasei Raphalalani is teaching young people about sex and hygiene.
#SAElections2019: Should Motsoaledi stay?
Passionate and principled, the Health Minister has led massive victories over HIV during the past decade. But as South Africa attempts to introduce complex changes to our health system, is it time for an operations person rather than a firefighter?
Condemned beds at Bara Hospital ‘unsafe for patients’
According to the Gauteng health department, incidents of patients falls have significantly decreased since the steel beds were replaced.
#Elections2019: Who can solve SA’s drug policy problem?
Drugs continue to devastate many lives and the people who use them are caught in a tug-of-war between morality and research. Do the country’s prominent political parties offer policies based on evidence, ideology or simply a lack of understanding?
Broken promises leave women disillusioned ahead of elections
As the country heads to the polls, young women and gender non-conforming people feel failed by the governing party and have little hope in its rivals.
Operation on ice for the fifth time
LIMPOPO - Mabula Maboyi (35) has lost hope that a needle that broke off inside her right hand will ever be removed, after her scheduled operation was postponed for the fifth time at Tshilidzini Hospital.
Beware post-Easter malaria!
If you have travelled to a warmer area over Easter, you might have contracted malaria. And as the world gets warmer, more and more people will be at risk of malaria.
Easter: How much chocolate is too much?
It’s Easter time and children (and adults) are gearing up for an Easter egg hunt, but how much chocolate is too much and what constitutes a sugar binge versus a treat?
Gender-Based Violence Summit fails to meet its own deadline
While government officials promised results by May, activists say they’ve had to put pressure on officials for any progress to happen.
Hospital Horror: Babies found in dirty laundry
A woman who works in the laundry section of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg says she frequently deals with an array of horror finds among the linen – from amputated limbs to babies; dead and alive.
Tackling the high price of medicine
Profit seems to be the only logic driving medicine prices, with some African countries paying more for medicine than European countries, and US citizens paying some of the highest medicine prices in the world. There are global efforts to rein in excessive profiteering but removing the secrecy around prices is complicated.