News
Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts
60% of the country’s HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country’s TB programme is faltering
News | 2 June 2025
Closure of US-funded cancer clinic further burdens public hospitals
Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.
By Elna Schütz
News | 2 June 2025
Hundreds of state mental health patients are being kept in prison
There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals
By Elna Schütz
News | 1 June 2025
Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
By Liezl Human
News | 31 May 2025
New play challenges xenophobia
Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June
Text by Jan Bornman. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 31 May 2025
No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo
Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall
News | 30 May 2025
Debate over future of social grants
Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability
News | 30 May 2025
