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

Rethabile Community Health Centre in Polokwane, where a teenager says she was refused abortion care by nurses citing their religious beliefs. Photo: Moyahabo Mabeba Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

For nine months, since May 2025, Kgorathuto Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State had ongoing water shortages, making the toilets unusable. Learners arrived at school for registers to be ...

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents like rats and mice, and can cause severe disease in humans. Not all hantaviruses cause disease in people, and only a small number like the Andes ...

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 ...

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa's HIV programme will not collapse. (Photo: GCIS) South Africa has not been able to raise any additional funds to plug the gap in the country’s HIV ...

In Hoedspruit, along the R527, abandoned vendor stalls have turned into makeshift housing for 120 displaced people. They lost their homes in November 2025, when an unattended candle sparked a fire ...

Health DG Dr Sandile Buthelezi says South Africa is ready to roll-out lenacapavir. (Photo: NDoH) South Africa may be able to start rolling out lenacapavir (LEN), the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, ...

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, GP Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. (Photo:FB/ Gauteng Health) An interim report by the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) into ...