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Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor, damning report finds. Photo: (public domain)

Palliative care

Children are dying in pain because our palliative care is so poor

Sean Christie 12 Oct 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

Climate change is affecting skin health in more than 40% of countries worldwide

30 Sep 2026

Branding

The reputation blind spot behind the bathroom door

Charl Broodryk 11 Aug 2026

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Medical Research

Can Rooibos extract help treat breast cancer?

6 Oct 2025

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Infectious Diseases

Nigerian doctors take up strike action over wages and welfare

15 Sep 2025

Higher Education

St. George's University, Legae Academy join forces to boost medical training in Botswana

27 Jun 2025

NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch

Higher Education

NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 19 Jun 2025

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Education & Training

South Africa's healthcare gets a boost as construction begins on new medical school

Katja Hamilton 5 Jun 2025

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Mental health

Mental health tips: Enhancing well-being for aspiring doctors

27 May 2025

Property

Sick buildings: the unseen health threat during winter months

15 May 2025

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Higher Education

North-West University medical school named the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 24 Apr 2025

Source: UCT. Simamkele Bongo

Medical Research

Meet the neuroscience star who’s using tech to decode the brain

Maya Skillen 21 Apr 2025

Fine agency is a finalist for their campaign.

Advertising

South Africa's Fine agency named finalist at NYF Health Awards

2 May 2024

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Employment Equity

How to approach executive search for a neuroinclusive office

Jeremy Bossenger 17 Apr 2024

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Public Health

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

What to expect at the cinema this March

Film

What to expect at the cinema this March

Daniel Dercksen 27 Feb 2024

Source: Stellenbosch University.

Healthcare

Keaton Harris: Resilient journey to medical triumph

Hannelie Booyens 2 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.

Healthcare

Western Cape's new Central hospital unveiled with focus on academic services

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2023

Healthcare

HPCSA works to clear backlog in foreign-qualified exams

8 Sep 2023

Hospital Groups

Limpopo Central Hospital scheduled for grand opening in 2026

19 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Jessica Spira, managing director at Virgin Active.

Healthcare

Looking to "age in place" when you're older? Early lifestyle interventions may be the key

Jessica Spira 5 Apr 2023

NHI

The progress towards achieving universal health coverage needs to remain on track

Ahmed Banderker 20 Mar 2023

HIV/AIDS

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

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Medical Research

AstraZeneca announces R&D Postdoctoral Challenge winners

3 Nov 2022

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Introducing age reversal as South Africa's new therapeutic frontier

Katja Hamilton 5 Jan 2022

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Higher Education

Nelson Mandela University officially opens its medical school

1 Dec 2021

Samuel Dhol Ayeun, a trainee doctor who fled from South Sudan to Uganda. ReuterAbubaker Lubowa

Education & Training

"I made it," says South Sudanese who fled to Uganda

Francis Mukasa, 21 Jun 2021

University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

Covid-19

University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 10 Jun 2021

Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member

Retail

Herbalife Nutrition appoints first South African NAB member

Issued by Clockwork Digital 13 May 2021

New medical training simulation unit launches at Stellenbosch University

Education & Training

New medical training simulation unit launches at Stellenbosch University

3 May 2021

Plans for the NWU Medical School on track

Higher Education

Plans for the NWU Medical School on track

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 8 Apr 2021

No eating allowed on domestic flights

Travel

No eating allowed on domestic flights

2 Mar 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

#WomensMonth: Professor Bridgette Gasa, newly elected chair of Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

Entrepreneurship

#WomensMonth: Professor Bridgette Gasa, newly elected chair of Allan Gray Orbis Foundation

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Our health is our humanity

Covid-19

Our health is our humanity

Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 23 Mar 2020

The skylight of the Weskoppies Chapel in Pretoria.
Alain Proust/Hidden Pretoria

Architecture & Design

Between care and neglect: Pretoria's grand architectural legacy

Johan Swart 9 Mar 2020

HIV/AIDS

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020

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Public Health

Is it Ebola, or just a drill? How to test a public health crisis response

Mosoka Fallah 12 Dec 2019

There is growing awareness of the negative impact of ‘parachute research’. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Lack of equity and diversity still plague global health research

Madhukar Pai 22 Nov 2019

TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE

Tuberculosis

We are gaining against TB but knowledge gaps remain

Emily Wong, Al Leslie & Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala 11 Nov 2019