Africa's health crisis persists as governments finance too little, while patients pay too much for free medicines crucial for universal health coverage.

Headlines of initiates dying or losing their penises due to botched circumcisions are common as families face the fears of initiation school.

The recent attempt to ban cannabis in food products may have been poorly handled, but it highlights the need for reform. Two decades of community-led progress against HIV, TB, and malaria are being ...

Sections of Mental Health Act before the Constitutional Court. (Pic: file) The outcome from the highest court in the land will leave an impact on South Africa’s health system. The Pretoria High Court ...

Health Dr Motsoaledi launched the HPV vaccine at Gonyane Primary in Mangaung in the Free State in 2014. (Photo:GCIS) Low screening coverage, late diagnoses, high HIV prevalence, and limited access to ...

“If you are not South African, from today you will not be allowed into any South African hospital.” This was the message delivered by a member of Operation Dudula outside Hillbrow Clinic on Monday to ...

Bibi-Aisha is an award-winning journalist whose career spans working in radio, television, and development. Previously, she worked for eNCA as a specialist science reporter, and the SABC as the Middle ...

Globally, mental health challenges are among the leading causes of illness and disability in young people. In South Africa, these pressures are intensified by poverty, violence, and limited access to ...

The announcement that President Cyril Ramaphosa will, on Wednesday, sign into law the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has garnered mixed reactions. Those opposing the bill say their ...

In June 2023, as former Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba concluded his seven year tenure, he delivered a scathing assessment of Gauteng, South Africa’s economic powerhouse and most ...