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Tuberculosis

Historic TB vaccine meeting in SA eyes epidemic endgame

23 Jul 2025

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Paediatrics

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Jul 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

Advertising

WHO and Unicef expose unethical baby milk ads in South Africa

2 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

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

30 Apr 2025

When patient reported outcomes and experiences are far from satisfactory: The view of the Health Ombud

Healthcare

When patient reported outcomes and experiences are far from satisfactory: The view of the Health Ombud

Issued by COHSASA 25 Mar 2025

Healthcare

Support over stigma: how pregnant women battling substance use need healthcare, not judgment

4 Mar 2025

Mental health

Mental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them work

Simone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Regulatory

SMME Food Safety Compliance South Africa: A guide for SMMEs supplying to large retailers

Phumi (PJ) Mhlongo 7 Oct 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

Healthcare

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Retroviral and Panther Punch Productions spoof campaign for DStv's Chasing the Sun 2 went viral, hitting one million views in the first 24 hours

Advertising

DStv Chasing the Sun 2 spoof campaign, #SACMAD, that urges men to be "stronger teargether" goes viral

Danette Breitenbach 25 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

CSI

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

19 Mar 2024

Paediatrics

South Africa leads the continent in offering more paternal leave to fathers. How to make sure both parents benefit

Wessel Van Den Berg 27 Dec 2023

Source: The South African National Aids Council.

HIV/AIDS

Launch of initiative to end Aids in children by 2030

5 Dec 2023

Source: Unicef.

Mental health

South African Society of Psychiatrists urges global action amid Middle East crisis

Seape Sebolelo 9 Nov 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Noncommunicable diseases

TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal

Charles Shey Wiysonge 8 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Anthony Figaji, head of the paediatric neurosurgery unit at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the African Brain Child Initiative at the University of Cape Town.

Education & Training

South African children face staggering road accident risk

27 Oct 2023

Image supplied. The 61st D&AD Annual has launched and features a trends report

Advertising

The 61st D&AD Annual features 6 trends, with future focus on AI

27 Sep 2023

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

Labour Law

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

14 Sep 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Hi-Tec launches footwear range for infants

Fashion & Homeware

Hi-Tec launches footwear range for infants

30 Aug 2023

Thousands raised for celeb's beloved charities on Deal or No Deal SA

TV

Thousands raised for celeb's beloved charities on Deal or No Deal SA

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 31 Jul 2023

Team working at the Paarl distribution centre

Food, Water & Energy Security

Cape flood victims receive ForAfrika food hampers, more supplies needed

21 Jun 2023

Bubblegummers are back! Strong, comfy, scented sneakers for building imagination without limits

Fashion & Homeware

Bubblegummers are back! Strong, comfy, scented sneakers for building imagination without limits

Issued by Bata 14 Apr 2023

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

Food, Water & Energy Security

FoodForward SA shows huge surge in impact, as SA food crisis deepens

Issued by FoodForward SA 29 Mar 2023

Image source: Jean-Paul CHASSENET –

Paediatrics

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

23 Mar 2023

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Are probiotics designed for children giving South African parents more peace of mind?

Nutrition

Are probiotics designed for children giving South African parents more peace of mind?

Issued by Insight Survey 24 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Addressing maternal mental healthcare in Africa

16 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

Source: Freepik.

HIV/AIDS

Child-friendly 4-in-1 ARV treatment launched for SA's children living with HIV

15 Jun 2022

National Water Week

Food, Water & Energy Security

National Water Week

Issued by Triple Eight 29 Mar 2022

Similac baby formula recalled due to risk of bacterial infections

FMCG

Similac baby formula recalled due to risk of bacterial infections

23 Feb 2022

All you need to know about complementary feeding for your baby

Nutrition

All you need to know about complementary feeding for your baby

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 18 Feb 2022

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

Covid-19

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

20 Jan 2022

Chefs, hoteliers and kids - the dream team!

Hospitality

Chefs, hoteliers and kids - the dream team!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 30 Nov 2021

Protecting breastfeeding is a shared responsibility

Nutrition

Protecting breastfeeding is a shared responsibility

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 30 Jul 2021

Source: ©:Puwadol Jaturawutthichai

Tuberculosis

TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

HIV/AIDS

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 Jun 2021

#BehindTheBrandManager

#BehindtheBrandManager: Charlotte Nsubuga-Mukasa, head of brand marketing at Momentum

Evan-Lee Courie 25 May 2021

If left untreated, latent TB infection can progress to TB disease.
Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images

Tuberculosis

TB treatments are notoriously hard to stick to: shorter regimens offer a breakthrough

Violet Chihota 23 Mar 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

New to motherhood in Covid-19 times

Nutrition

New to motherhood in Covid-19 times

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 11 Feb 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

FMCG

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

Dis-Chem's nursing practitioners now also training on the go

Training

Dis-Chem's nursing practitioners now also training on the go

Issued by Smart Media 8 Dec 2020