To protect people’s right to healthcare, the South African government must table and pass the Patent Amendment Bill without delay It has been more than twelve years since the reveal of “PharmaGate,” a R6 million lobbying plot by the pharmaceutical…
South Africa hosted approximately 2.4 million international migrants as of 2022, accounting for 3.9% of the population. Most come from the Southern African Development Community region including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi – countries with which South Africa shares deep economic,…
We have the tools to end TB. But is our health system organised and financed in a way that allows those tools to reach the people who need them most.
South Africa’s social innovators are already tackling some of our most deeply entrenched healthcare challenges.
Cheap, ultra-processed foods have become the most affordable and accessible option for struggling families.
Lenacapavir promised to change the course of the epidemic, but a limited, geographically selective rollout exposes a harder reality: who gets protected, who is left behind, and whether this is progress or containment. What is presented as pragmatism is, in fact, a set of political choices about access, timing, and scale
We often accept loud noise in traffic, shopping centres, restaurants, sports matches and music concerts as normal.
For the first time, South Africa has a near-real-time, nationwide view of diabetes control, with laboratory data refreshed within 48 hours.
Within SADC, mainland Tanzania has confirmed resistance to a key component of the first-line treatment, while Zambia and Namibia are showing concerning early signals of suspected resistance.
Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes don’t occur in Gauteng, thus people infected with malaria cannot pass the disease on to others.
The recent heavy rains and associated flooding further exacerbated the situation in several countries, many of which were still recovering from the 2025 upsurges.
South Africa may build the factories for lenacapavir, but licensing decisions, pricing, and supply remain dependent on Gilead, exposing the limits of sovereignty in global health.
Stigma dictates behaviour in many ways. When people anticipate judgment, they hide.
The 2026 Budget missed an opportunity to align financial planning with epidemiological reality.
Africa’s health crisis persists because governments finance too little and patients pay too much.
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