South Africa hosted approximately 2.4 million international migrants as of 2022, accounting for 3.9% of the population. Most come from the Southern African Development Community region including ...

Mphonyana Mtamane, a GBV survivor, endured a lengthy delay for vital HIV treatment at Zola Clinic on 27 May 2026.

South Africa’s battle to tackle one of the world’s oldest, curable and preventable diseases came into the spotlight again at the recent SA TB Conference. Over four days, scientists, researchers, ...

It's been two weeks since Gauteng began rolling out lenacapavir (LEN), but patients in parts of Pretoria are yet to get the jab ...

The government is implementing the Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Services, or Youth Zones, where learners wearing school uniforms are fast-tracked.

There are millions of wheelchairs in South Africa. Yet for years, there has been no dedicated, accessible system for servicing and repairing them at scale. Until now. It is all because of township ...

This week, clinics in six provinces started the rollout of Lenacapavir, an injection that has been shown to be more than 96% effective in preventing HIV with just two jabs a year. This is part of a ...

Some women in Mahikeng, in the North West, fear unplanned pregnancies due to a shortage of contraceptives at their local clinics for at least the past four months. “I went to the Unit 9 Clinic last ...

Samkelisiwe Khumalo first noticed cavities in her daughter Unathi’s teeth when she was four. Two years later, Unathi has sixteen cavities-six in her bottom teeth and ten in her upper. She has never ...

Jack Kgodumo has lived on the streets of Bloemfontein for over 20 years. Now aged 39, he’s bracing himself for the cold snap expected over the next week. “You can’t get comfortable on winter nights, ...

At 28, Joyce should be in the prime of her life. Instead, each week is a struggle and a careful negotiation of getting her diabetes to stabilise. “It’s very rare that my blood sugar is at normal ...