In 2023, the Commission for Gender Equality called the National Department of Health to account for delays in implementing recommendations from its investigation into the forced sterilisation of ...

Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics or told their latest chronic medication collection will be their ...

The curtain on my long-standing career as a public health service employee after more than a decade spent championing the health rights of the most ...

Nompilo Maleka is no ordinary granny. The 115-year-old great-grandmother from Driekop outside Burgersfort in Limpopo still wakes up early in the morning, makes her bed, washes dishes and cooks. A copy ...

To protect people’s right to healthcare, the South African government must table and pass the Patent Amendment Bill without delay ...

20-year old Dimakatso Madimabe* claims doctors removed her womb without her knowledge or consent. Photo Credit: Thomo Nkgadima A young Limpopo mother says doctors removed her womb during childbirth ...

On 30 June, tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes amid anti-migrant protests and violence in South Africa, seeking refuge in parks, churches, and consulates. Photo Credit: MSF ...

28-year old Phemelo Seane sustained severe injuries during the birth of her second child in 2024 and has been living with a stoma ever since. Photo supplied. A Roodepoort mother is speaking out about ...

A young Limpopo mother says doctors removed her womb during childbirth surgery without her knowledge or consent, leaving her in pain and struggling to come to terms ...

Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural Limpopo says she was denied a legal abortion at a public clinic last month, after a nurse refused to help her on religious ...

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 ...

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 ...