Health
Huge admin costs threaten fund for sick miners
People who fought for miners with TB or silicosis to be compensated have raised the alarm, but mining companies defend the process
Feature | 4 August 2025
These are our rights when we use medicines
South African law says that we must be informed about our health care options
By Andy Gray
Explainer | 4 August 2025
Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed
A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate Haytor clinic
News | 1 August 2025
Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare
Transwoman denied hormone therapy and prevented from using makeup or wearing female prison clothing
Law | 28 July 2025
Cape Town protesters bang pots against Israel’s use of food as a weapon
Over 100 people have starved to death in Gaza
Brief | 24 July 2025
Carte Blanche “gagging” order overturned
Dr Ntando Duze initially obtained an interdict to stop the airing of a programme about allegations of malpractice
Law | 21 July 2025
Pensioners on the move for Mandela Day
“We are ageing, yes. But we’re not done living.”
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 21 July 2025
After US funding cuts, Mozambican children died: Who bears responsibility?
Both the US and Mozambican governments have failed
Analysis | 21 July 2025
Treasury hands HIV response a lifeline, but it’s probably too little
UNAIDS says US funding cuts put decades of progress against HIV in jeopardy
By Liezl Human
News | 10 July 2025