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Source: Supplied. Property sold in Upper Constantia for R20.5m.

Property

Cape Town's luxury homes market skyrockets with R1.6bn sales in Q1

8 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

Super luxury home-sales boom, Joburg buyers pay more for Cape Town houses

21 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. R40m luxury penthouse, Bantry Bay.

Property

Cape Town leads with 9 out of 10 of SA’s most expensive suburbs

12 Jan 2024

Ctrl, South Africa's first digital insurance advisor appoints Tag 8

Digital

Ctrl, South Africa's first digital insurance advisor appoints Tag 8

Issued by Tag 8 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Covid-19

South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

There are at least three Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved by reputable health regulatory organisations around the world and many countries have begun rolling out vaccines, but not South Africa. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

GroundUp staff 5 Jan 2021

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

HIV/AIDS

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Many companies are exploiting ignorance and fear and selling Covid-19 cleaning solutions that are unnecessary and expensive. Regular cleaning with household products is sufficient. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Safety

Covid-19: Companies sell unnecessary "deep cleans" with exaggerated claims

Natasha Bolognesi 7 Jul 2020

South Africa must redirect efforts to managing the high-risk social spaces such as public transport. Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa can get Covid-19 under control if it blocks the routes that enable transmission

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Lucy Allais, Martin Veller, Shabir Madhi & Willem Daniel Franco 18 Jun 2020

South Africa’s hard, extended lockdown has come at a significant economic cost. Shutterstock

Covid-19

South Africa's Covid-19 strategy needs updating: here's why and how

Imraan Valodia, Alex van den Heever, Lucy Allais, Martin Veller, Shabir Madhi & Willem Venter 14 May 2020

South Africans practise social distancing while they queue outside a supermarket in Hillbrow, Johannesburg during the country’s lockdown. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa needs a post-lockdown strategy that emulates South Korea

21 Apr 2020

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

South Africa has the world’s highest AIDS burden. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What's needed to break the cycle

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 11 Jun 2019

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo:GCIS

Public Health

Are foreigners stealing your jobs and healthcare? Find out.

Savo Heleta, Sharon Ekambaram & Sibongile Tshabala 23 Nov 2018

Anele Yawa, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign; Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits reproductive health and HIV institute; Qedani Mahlangu, Gauteng MEC for health; Beverley Kramer, assistant dean: research & postgraduate support; Ian Sanne, director of Wit's clinical HIV research unit and Martin Veller, dean of the faculty of Health sciences at Wits.

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

Three journalists needed for comic artist project

Media

Three journalists needed for comic artist project

15 Apr 2016

Cheetahs take to the Falls

Travel

Cheetahs take to the Falls

18 Feb 2016

Cape Town property buyers prefer cash

Markets & Investment

Cape Town property buyers prefer cash

26 Aug 2015

New franchise owner expands Jawitz Properties' presence

Facilities & Property Management

New franchise owner expands Jawitz Properties' presence

15 Jul 2015

African EduWeek to inspire teachers and educators in July: from sex education to school finance to e-learning and maths

Education

African EduWeek to inspire teachers and educators in July: from sex education to school finance to e-learning and maths

Issued by Spintelligent 18 Jun 2015

Festival of the retold film comes to Johannesburg

Film & Cinematography

Festival of the retold film comes to Johannesburg

10 Apr 2012

SA's top five recent successes in HIV

HIV/AIDS

SA's top five recent successes in HIV

9 Jun 2011

Distribution

Indian drug firms use SA as launch pad to continent

24 May 2011

HIV/AIDS

Charges against Dr Colin Pfaff dropped

22 Feb 2008

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Clinicians Society supports Dr Colin Pfaff

18 Feb 2008

Media

Science reporting conference for news professionals

3 Oct 2007