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HIV/AIDS

AHF’s global HIV response: 2.5 million treated as Trump withholds Pepfar funds

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

New fleet to aid Nelson Mandela Bay waste collection efforts

14 Mar 2025

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Palliative care

Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA's public health system

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Public Health

Unemployed doctors march to Union Buildings

Silver Sibiya 28 Feb 2024

Oncology

Is it time for a Cancer Act in South Africa?

Noni Sophe 15 Feb 2024

Healthcare

Medical union urges action on unemployment crisis for doctors

5 Jan 2024

NHI

NCOP's NHI approval: No surprise here

Mike Settas 12 Dec 2023

Oncology

World Health Day - Listen to your gut

Issued by CANSA 11 Apr 2023

Source: iStock. Police cleared burning tyres at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp on Tuesday (7 March 2023) as Nehawu members picketed outside the hospital.

Healthcare

Tensions mount as Nehawu strike intensifies

Katja Hamilton 8 Mar 2023

Healthcare

SA's birth control stock shortage a major setback for women's reproductive health rights

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2022

Financial Services

Dis-Chem enters health-insurance market with launch of Dis-Chem Health

17 Mar 2022

An arbitrator appointed by the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council has dismissed Nehawu’s bid to have community health workers permanently employed by the state. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Labour Law

Community health workers: arbitrator rules against Nehawu

12 Nov 2021

Healthcare

Covid-19: shaping Africa's future healthcare systems

29 Oct 2021

Events & Conferencing

The roadmap to entrepreneurial success: powerful strategies from the top for building a truly successful business

Issued by Topco Media 15 Oct 2021

Health & Social Welfare

Novartis pledges R13.3m to support SA efforts in alleviating Covid-19 pressures

18 May 2020

A community health worker screening a child’s hearing in Cape Town. Ora Buerkli

Medtech

We used smartphones to screen young children for vision and hearing loss

De Wet Swanepoel 14 Oct 2019

South Africa has a skewed healthcare system with an under-funded public sector and an expensive private sector. Shutterstock

NHI

Why South Africa's plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky

Alex van den Heever 19 Aug 2019

Climate Change

Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found

Baishali Bakshi 24 Jul 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Dentistry

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Climate Change

Cyclone Idai: Rich countries are to blame for disasters like this - here's how they can make amends

Michael Mikulewicz and Tahseen Jafry 25 Mar 2019

People queue in makeshift camps following past threats of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Today, rescinded health department memos requesting foreigners pay in full for healthcare have sparked a national debate. (Fredrik Lemeryd)

Public Health

Are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?

Sasha Stevenson 13 Mar 2019

Healthcare

#BudgetSpeech2019: Will it lead to more doctors being sued for negligence?

Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 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

NHI

New healthcare plan promises to overhaul South Africa's massively skewed system

Russell Rensburg 28 Aug 2018

Jakarta’s traffic system is one of many facets of the city that could be improved by smart cities technologies, but at what cost? ,

Smart Buildings & Cities

Three scenarios show we have to think carefully about ethics in designing smart cities

Anthony Burke and Prasuna Reddy 19 Mar 2018

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Private healthcare in SA - continued decline and a solution

Dr Brian Ruff 10 Jan 2018

Mobile

ICT development initiative in Nigeria

9 Feb 2017

Marketing

Making music and electricity with new Spark invention

15 Jul 2016

Sport

World Cup legacy lives on

Nthambeleni Gabara 20 Aug 2013

Administration

Gauteng appoints audit firm to clean up health

31 May 2013

Medical Aid

Advocate urges litigation over PMBs

2 Aug 2012

Corporate & Commercial Law

Advocate urges litigation over PMBs

2 Aug 2012

Financial Services

Gauteng ready to pilot NHI

24 Apr 2012

Exhibitions & Events

Healthcare improvements rapidly embracing new IT in Africa

7 Mar 2011

Public Health

New WHO report highlights second-hand smoke danger

Dr Ananya Mandal, MD 26 Nov 2010

Paediatrics

Lack of quality healthcare causes rise in SA's orphans

2 Jun 2010

HIV/AIDS

Football for Hope Centre opened in Khayelitsha

7 Dec 2009

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