The Human Rights Commission in Limpopo says it will prioritise the complaint laid by residents of Seshego against the Polokwane Municipality for failing to provide safe drinking water, because of the ...

The Department of Health and Wellness says it has no plans to comply with a 2025 Labour Court ruling that community health workers (CHWs) must be ...

Bushbuckridge Local Municipality embarks on a clean-up operation in Hluvukani following our reporting on the waste sites.

She explains there’s no national clinical protocol, but standard practice is to not confront or accuse the patient, but to record the discrepancy factually in clinical notes. “The nurse and admin ...

At 6am on a Saturday morning, Luvhengo Vhulahani treks up a mountain to collect firewood for villagers living without electricity.

TLD, the new HIV drug to make it easier for patients not to default. (Photo Credit: Marten van Dijl / IAS) The new HIV fixed-dose combination antiretroviral treatment ...

In June 2023, as former Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba concluded his seven year tenure, he delivered a scathing assessment of Gauteng, South Africa’s economic powerhouse and most ...

Sections of Mental Health Act before the Constitutional Court. (Pic: file) The outcome from the highest court in the land will leave an impact on South Africa’s health system. The Pretoria High Court ...

Health Dr Motsoaledi launched the HPV vaccine at Gonyane Primary in Mangaung in the Free State in 2014. (Photo:GCIS) Low screening coverage, late diagnoses, high HIV prevalence, and limited access to ...

Testing for HIV is an important part of pandemic control. (Photo: X/Jhpiego) Residents in at least three provinces say they have been coerced into doing HIV testing at various government health ...

South Africa’s schools health programmes have struggled in the past due to factors such as poor management, inequitable distribution of resources and a historical lack of collaboration between the ...