We’ve put together a short list of our favourite essays and longform stories. These stories don't always make the headlines but they often take us deeper into the people and places on the frontlines ...

Professors Hoosen Coovadia and Salim Abdool Karim, two of SA's foremost HIV researchers, were recently the health department's greatest enemies.

Having a baby in sub-Saharan Africa is riskier than anywhere else according to the latest State of the World's Mothers report.

Having a chronic illness can raise your risk of depression. For diabetics, the blood sugar high and lows of everyday life take an extra toll.

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone tells us what you were reading in 2025. Sign up for our newsletter today. Like the rest of the world, our editor-in-chief, Mia Malan, spent far too much time ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan tells us why the US isn’t giving SA LEN. Sign up for our newsletter today. By shutting South Africa out of its overseas funding for the roll-out of the revolutionary ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone introduces our favourite essays and longform stories from 2025 on public health in South Africa. Sign up for our newsletter today. It wasn’t just the Trump ...

In today’s newsletter, our team explains why clinics need to shut down xenophobic intimidation. Sign up for our newsletter today. Two days before health rights groups the Treatment Action Campaign, ...

In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius asks “who should get what slice of the LEN pie”? Sign up for our newsletter today. What’s the best way to divvy up a shipment of medicine that will cover less ...

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In today’s newsletter, our Health Beat team explores ageing with HIV and Mia Malan unpacks SA’s aim to make its own LEN. Sign up for our newsletter today. The South African government is adamant that ...

In today’s newsletter, our Health Beat team looks into South Africa’s long, often precarious journey with HIV. Sign up for our newsletter today. Anna-Maria van Niekerk is Bhekisisa’s news editor. She ...