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Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

Source: Facebook/Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

Inside Baragwanath Hospital: How a linen shortage exposed systemic failures

23 May 2025

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Stone 20 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Robert Erasmus, managing director at Sanitech.

How in-home sanitation is revolutionising life in South Africa's informal settlements

Robert Erasmus 19 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Twenty-seven students from Gaza bid farewell to South Africa on the steps at UCT. They left Gaza after their universities were destroyed during the war, and studied at UCT and Wits.

From ruins to resilience: Gazan medical students triumph against adversity in SA

16 May 2025

Medshield returns to the Suncoast ECR Big Walk 2025 on 18 May

Medshield returns to the Suncoast ECR Big Walk 2025 on 18 May

Stone 16 May 2025

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Sick buildings: the unseen health threat during winter months

15 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Quit Like Sweden founder and director, Suely Castro.

Quit Like Sweden urges SA to back harm reduction, amend Tobacco Bill

13 May 2025

A staff member walks past a branding during a media visit and tour of Tiger Brands' Albany Belville Bakery, in Cape Town, South Africa, 17 October 2024. Reuters/Esa Alexander/File photo

Tiger Brands offers settlement to plaintiffs in listeriosis class action

Siyanda Mthethwa 12 May 2025

Thrive by WHX to debut at World Health Expo Cape Town

Thrive by WHX to debut at World Health Expo Cape Town

12 May 2025

Source: US Embassy in Maseru. Millennium Challenge Corporation deputy chief executive Chidi Blyden at the launch of the project in Maseru.

US shuts down massive Lesotho development project

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Gates, others launch $500m maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

30 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2025

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Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

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