Long Form

Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person's journey.

Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.

Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis. Many people have been displaced due to climate change-induced droughts, and conflict between the army and al-Shabaab has left many regions without food.

In the first of a two-part series, a band of doctors set out to reclaim LSD and ecstasy for mental health treatments.

When it comes to leadership and innovation, there's much that industrialised nations can learn.

A new mother recounts how psychiatric care that nurtured her bond with her baby helped heal her mania.

Linda-Gail Bekker says researching infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV is like a colossal round of the murder mystery cluedo. Follow the story of the scientist with the purple pixie-cut from a farm in Zimbabwe to her inauguration as the first African president of the International Aids Society and beyond.

“Dhaqan celis” was a term used by Somalis that used to mean the practice of going back home to stay with relatives and learn more about your culture. But it’s taken on a whole new – much darker – meaning. Read more on this practice.

Community workers are twiddling their thumbs while the state drags its heels on a new strategy, writes Mia Malan.

Some small-scale black tobacco farmers in Limpopo feel that the tobacco industry supported them under the guise of an upliftment programme, but then used them to fight against illicit tobacco trade. By 2021, the financial support dried up.

Water births are a growing phenomenon in South Africa and globally. But this birth method is controversial – scientific evidence is lacking.

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. It’s revolutionising medicine, including the way we manage pain.

When bringing a new life into the world risks taking another, even old traditions have to adopt new ways.

It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why.

Are faith-based NGOs breaking the law when they refuse to give women information on where to terminate their pregnancies?

This man from rural Eastern Cape had to travel all the way to Cuba to make his dream of becoming a doctor come true. Now, he is back home and treating patients at the same hospital his mother used to sell fruit in front of when he was a boy.