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Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow
Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
Child rape in Diepsloot: The shocking story that sparked outrage
Read an excerpt from the award-winning story that kick-started a campaign to link survivors of rape and gender-based violence to care.
Labour contracts stall upgrades to Mamelodi Hospital
The Gauteng health department has admitted to problems at the facility, seen by the public protector.
Ebola thrives on the scraps of war and blight
Personal accounts from Liberia and Sierra Leone bring home the devastation wrought by the virus.
#SliceOfLife: ‘I remember worrying she was cold in the tray.’ My six hours that...
In 2020, 1.9-million children were stillborn according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. Read how one woman’s experience of stillbirth inspired her to start a mental health support group for parents who lost a child during pregnancy.
When the tiniest hearts break: Behind SA’s shortage of paediatric heart surgeons
The country can't produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.
Pandas or people? When the fight to save the planet pits conservation against indigenous...
A deadly conflict is brewing between those forced out of the DRC's Kahuzi-Biéga national park and the rangers charged with protecting it.
‘I punched him on his potatoes’: Meet the grannies fighting back against GBV
Korogocho is one of Nairobi’s most dangerous slums, where rape and robbery are common. Beatrice Nyariara is helping women aged 55 to 90 to fight back.
Ndua’s stove keeps a lid on cholera in Kenya
Women said they couldn't afford to boil water and cook, so a local inventor rolled up his sleeves.
‘I will rape them personally, those drunkard women in the short dresses’
In this township, alcohol makes violent men close to three times more likely to rape a woman.Brown Lekekela heads over to the flipchart that...
You could be buying poisonous lead paint – and no one would be charged...
The government is investing in monitoring lead levels in paint, but experts and industry groups say that there’s no plan for dealing with offenders.
Smoke, spies and lies: Should you throw away your e-cigarette?
South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.
This is what it’s like to give birth in the world’s most dangerous country...
When a river and several hours of dirt roads stand between you & the nearest hospital, giving birth can be deadly. One nurse is hoping to change that.
The high cost of being bipolar
Patients are subject to wild mood swings and costly spending sprees,but they can be treated with the right medicine - and a lot of money.
Sometimes your locks run out
Alopecia or hair loss can devastate your self-esteem, unless you hold your head up high.
‘Magic bullet’ to feed the world by 2030
A change in mind-set is required because feeding schemes alone cannot put an end to malnutrition.