Zoe Duby is a socio-behavioural researcher with the health systems research unit at the Medical Research Council in Cape Town ...

Health Beat travels to a mortuary in Soweto, where the bodies of newborns and foetuses speak volumes about the challenges ...

Cancellation letters, which end millions of rands of South African universities’ US-government funded HIV and TB research ...

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face ...

Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Yolanda Mdzeke, Thatego Mashabela, Justin Barlow and Jeannine Du Preez-March 21, 2025 ...

South Africa is producing more doctors than ever, but many can't find jobs in the public sector — even though hospitals need them. The Health Beat team examines options for newly qualified doctors in ...

It’s a shocking reality: most children in our country feel they need mental health support — that’s according to Unicef. Health Beat finds that depression and anxiety, especially in teens, are playing ...

A third of the Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria’s money comes from the United States. The other contributions come from other wealthy governments and philanthropic organisations.So what happens if ...

In Snake Park, Soweto, Thokozile Mntambo and local volunteers are researching the health impacts of a massive gold mine dump looming over their community. Decades of mining on the Witwatersrand left ...