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SA leading charge to make anti-HIV jab for Africa
South Africa’s National Aids Council ( Sanac) has asked local drug companies to submit applications by April 7 to make generic versions of an...
Can SA fix its health system before courts decide its fate?
Less than two years after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Act (NHI) into law in May 2024, South Africa's most ambitious...
Teenage girls drink for “vibes”, but suffer later
A young woman from the Free State remembers drinking, and arriving home safely. But she can't remember what happened next - how she undressed...
Should watchdog block public health messaging when it’s funded by food...
The public service announcement that aired on Radio Sonder Grense, the Afrikaans arm of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, in October 2024, didn’t mince...
How to decode Big Tobacco’s illicit trade fiction
On the front lines of the Tobacco Bill battle, the first salvo of the year was launched.
British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) announced in...
Here’s what’s on South Africa’s 2026 public health agenda
South Africa is a study in contrasts. And the 2026 public health agenda is no exception.
Breakthrough HIV prevention medicine has arrived alongside US funding...
