At the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting in New York next week, South Africa is expected to join other ...

“Dangerous.” “Concerning.” These were some of the headlines splashed across recent South African media coverage of years-old research. But the reporting skipped key details. Whether you’re reading or ...

Why is it that a health facility’s service can be rated as “good” but its CEO says the day-to-day staff situation is such ...

In July 2025, several South African news outlets resurfaced a 2020 report that looked at whether common HIV medications, known as antiretrovirals or ARVs, were present in local water sources and what ...

In today’s newsletter, Ida Jooste and Tanya Pampalone explain how research around the presence of ARVs in our water sources got misinterpreted. Sign up for our newsletter today. When a research report ...

Keegan Leech is a researcher for Africa Check, which partnered with Bhekisisa on this reporting project. <a href=" ...

Sbusiso Leope, better known as DJ Sbu, is part of a social media campaign that’s been pushing back on parts of the tobacco ...

Tim Tucker is CEO of the healthcare service provider <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sead, consulting and ...

If the government is serious about building trust in the health sector, it must start by fixing the way the National Health ...

Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers are being turned away from government clinics and hospitals by xenophobic groups, while the NHI Act says they’re only entitled to emergency care. HIV activists ...