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A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

South Africa sets launch date for HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir rollout

14 May 2026

Image: Gates Foundation

Public Health

Healthcare, poverty alleviation at the heart of Bill Gates' final philanthropic push

Maroefah Smith 12 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

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

30 Apr 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Climate Change

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

Wendell Roelf 1 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Echo VanderWal, founder of The Luke Commission, a non-profit organisation focused on delivering healthcare and compassionate aid to rural and underserved communities, primarily in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).

Healthcare

#SAPICS2024: Transforming healthcare in Eswatini

16 Jul 2024

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Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

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Oncology

GE HealthCare and RSNA partner to combat breast cancer in Tanzania

29 Apr 2024

Source: WikiCommons. The common yellow commelina, one of the popular plants used to treat children.

Natural Medicine

Medicinal plants help keep children healthy in South Africa: 61 species were recorded

T Ndhlovu, A O Omotayo, A O Aremu and W Otang-Mbeng 26 Mar 2024

Stay on track with your healthy habits

Wellness

Stay on track with your healthy habits

16 Jan 2024

Tuberculosis

South Africa confronts alarming TB death rate despite declining infections

13 Dec 2023

Source: © Mikhail Nilov SA's over 55s group is gaining significance, but brands are no longer interested in them says UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing's Forerunners Report

Research

SA's over 55s: Redefining aging and reshaping consumer behaviour

20 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Oncology

HPV awareness key In lowering cervical cancer risk

Issued by CANSA 3 Mar 2023

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Women's Health

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, Issued by University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

HIV/AIDS

Study finds HIV-positive cervical cancer patients face higher mortality rate

27 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Early cervical cancer detection is saving lives

22 Sep 2022

Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Economy

Local vaccine production boosts economic transformation and job creation in South Africa

Patrick Tippoo 22 Jun 2022

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Food, Water & Energy Security

Income and energy consumption go hand in hand: Taking a hard look at SDG 7

Belinda Carreira, Issued by SAICA 5 Nov 2021

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

Health & Social Welfare

Sishen Iron Ore Company Community Development Trust (SIOC-CDT) completes their school's eyesight campaign in JTG district

Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2021

Source: ©rawpixel Breast cancer affects women of all ages

Women's Health

Mammography as a screening tool - A patient's perspective

Marisa Louw 12 Oct 2021

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Banking

FNB vaccinated customers in line to win R18m

7 Oct 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: Jungle Cruise, Old and Suicide Squad

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Jungle Cruise, Old and Suicide Squad

Daniel Dercksen 6 Aug 2021

Dr Thulani Mhlanga, medical manager for vaccines at Pfizer South Africa

Public Health

Adult vaccination could stop unnecessary deaths

20 Jul 2021

Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

Food Security

Biosecurity measures can reduce the risk of avian influenza in farmer flocks

17 May 2021

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

Covid-19

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

14 May 2021

Covid-19

India's staggering Covid crisis could have been avoided. But the government dropped its guard too soon

Pradeep Taneja & Azad Singh Bali 28 Apr 2021

Professor Shabir Madhi

Covid-19

Covid-19 is here to stay

21 Apr 2021

Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women. Tim Graham/Getty Images

Banking

How Nigerian banks empower women through corporate social responsibility

Emmanuel Mogaji 17 Mar 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

11 Feb 2021

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

HIV/AIDS

Here's where efforts to end HIV in eastern and southern Africa must focus

Kaymarlin Govender, Janet Seeley, Mitzy Gafos, Roselyn Kanyemba 24 Dec 2020

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Covid-19

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

Child mortality rates in the country are high. John Fredricks/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Medtech

How smartphones could help improve child health in Malawi

Griphin Baxter Chirambo et al 6 Oct 2020

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

Nursing

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

14 Sep 2020

This electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19

Covid-19: How a Cape Town project saved many lives

Neal David 2 Sep 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

Covid-19

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

Covid-19

Covid-19 only a dress rehearsal for pandemics

27 Jul 2020

Jean-Pierre Murray-Kline

Economy

Everyone needs to plan for the next disaster

13 Jul 2020

Dr Thuthula Balfour

Health & Safety

Research to understand Covid-19's effect on the mining industry

10 Jul 2020

Shahied Fischer and Ivan Cummings were treated with HFNO at Groote Schuur Hospital. Image: Western Cape Health

Covid-19

High-flow nasal oxygen proves successful in severe Covid-19 cases

10 Jul 2020

Lagos state officials disinfecting roads in the state. Shutterstock

Covid-19

Coronavirus: what Nigeria can do post lockdown

Doyin Ogunyemi 3 Jun 2020

Agribusiness

The impact of Covid-19 on South Africa's agriculture economy

Dr Peter Oberem 29 May 2020

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

Agribusiness

Mpumalanga-based youth takes on poultry industry from ground up

25 May 2020

Image source: @COVID_19_ZA

Covid-19

Lockdown has succeeded in flattening the curve

29 Apr 2020

#ConsciousCapitalism - the new imperative for food and beverage manufacturers

Food, Water & Energy Security

#ConsciousCapitalism - the new imperative for food and beverage manufacturers

Roy Henderson 28 Apr 2020