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Source: Supplied. The Tri for Life team are Jonty Wright, Gerhard Nieuwoudt, Alexander Van Wyk, and Henri Van Der Westhuizen.

Healthcare

Students’ ‘Life Pod’ project can save up to 100 lives per year

23 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Mounting evidence shows that Covid-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Ziyad Al-Aly 26 Mar 2024

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Healthcare

Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital first to receive pioneering neonatal medtech

19 Mar 2024

Forecasting: the heartbeat of retailer decision-making

Retail

Forecasting: the heartbeat of retailer decision-making

Moez Ali 11 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Affordable surgical excellence: why it’s important to question hospital options

29 Jan 2024

Survey analyses the challenges and strategies for the future of franchising

Retail

Survey analyses the challenges and strategies for the future of franchising

4 Oct 2023

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Property

Enza Construction: Transforming healthcare infrastructure in Africa with innovation

29 Aug 2023

#MusicExchange: Guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan to perform at Cape Town Jazzathon, speak at #MEX23

Lifestyle

#MusicExchange: Guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan to perform at Cape Town Jazzathon, speak at #MEX23

Martin Myers 8 Jun 2023

Healthcare

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

Keymanthri Moodley and Stuart Rennie 9 May 2023

Healthcare

Covid-19 global health emergency over, but pandemic not over - Health Dept

8 May 2023

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Healthcare

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 May 2023

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Healthcare

RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

Source: iStock. Police cleared burning tyres at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp on Tuesday (7 March 2023) as Nehawu members picketed outside the hospital.

Healthcare

Tensions mount as Nehawu strike intensifies

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. My Walk school shoes were handed over to 600 girl learners of six primary schools in the Umlazi area in KwaZulu Natal. The shoes are made from high quality recycled PVC reclaimed from safe healthcare consumables, including uncontaminated used drip bags and tubing from a number of Netcare hospitals.

Healthcare

Recycled medical waste brings joy to school girls

13 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Time to combat the burden of disease on South Africa's healthcare system

8 Sep 2022

Image sourced from : Deezen founder Marcus Fairs has passed away

Marketing & Media

Deezen founder dies aged 54

5 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Carl De Villiers suffered a stroke in March last year. He is alive thanks to a mechanical thrombectomy and intense rehabilitation therapy.

Healthcare

Netcare Milpark and Netcare Unitas hospitals achieve stroke-ready status

7 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Refiloe Masekela, head of UKZN’s Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Healthcare

Children in sub-Saharan Africa dying of Covid-19 at a higher rate than others

20 Jan 2022

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Healthcare

SA first: Tygerberg Hospital performs groundbreaking paediatric surgery

29 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Africa clocks fastest surge in Covid-19 cases this year

14 Dec 2021

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Healthcare

Alberton's new hospital taking shape

6 Dec 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Healthcare

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Issued by University of the Free State 18 Oct 2021

Education

Stevie the robot joins intensive-care team at UP Faculty of Health Sciences and Steve Biko Academic Hospital

Issued by University of Pretoria 5 Jul 2021

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Healthcare

Going for gold against childhood cancer

2 Sep 2021

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

Healthcare

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

25 Aug 2021

Groote Schuur is one of South Africa’s biggest teaching hospitals. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital

James Stent 12 Aug 2021

Mzansi helps Jacaranda FM raise R570,000 for Mandela Day

Marketing & Media

Mzansi helps Jacaranda FM raise R570,000 for Mandela Day

Issued by Jacaranda FM 26 Jul 2021

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

Construction & Engineering

World Architecture Festival Awards announces 2021 shortlist

22 Jul 2021

Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment carry a casket during the burial of a Covid-19 victim, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown, at the Olifantsvlei cemetery, south-west of Joburg, South Africa 6 January, 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Healthcare

Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43% week-on-week, WHO says

16 Jul 2021

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Healthcare

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Healthcare

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

Nurses Maxine MacNamara (left), Clare Wepener, and Nicky Krynauw, who work at Life Healthcare’s Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

What it's like being a nurse during a pandemic

James Stent & Mary-Anne Gontsana 2 Jun 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Healthcare

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

University of Johannesburg's multi-partner 'Mahlale Innovation Consortium' opens ventilator design competition for SA students

Education

University of Johannesburg's multi-partner 'Mahlale Innovation Consortium' opens ventilator design competition for SA students

Issued by Vaal University of Technology 24 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

NWU's partner consortium launches ventilator design competition for students

Education

NWU's partner consortium launches ventilator design competition for students

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 21 May 2021

Mahlale Innovation Consortium opens ventilator design competition for SA students

Education

Mahlale Innovation Consortium opens ventilator design competition for SA students

21 May 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Healthcare

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

14 May 2021

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Healthcare

Sudanese search for oxygen cylinders as Covid third wave swells

Khalid Abdelaziz 11 May 2021

Using innovative solutions to ensure a sustainable future

Retail

Using innovative solutions to ensure a sustainable future

22 Apr 2021

All the 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Award winners

Marketing & Media

All the 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Award winners

10 Mar 2021

Healthcare

World's first ICU Covid-19 patient long-haul repatriation

9 Mar 2021

Private hospitals added to Covid-19 vaccine roll out sites

Healthcare

Private hospitals added to Covid-19 vaccine roll out sites

4 Mar 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Healthcare

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata

Energy & Mining

Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

Healthcare

Medics killed in Netcare helicopter crash

22 Jan 2021

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

Healthcare

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

10 Dec 2020

Zuneid Yousuf, CEO, African Green Resources

Healthcare

There may be a Covid-19 vaccine, but what about Africa?

Zuneid Yousuf 30 Nov 2020