Health

Release of useful health statistics: 2015 to 2025

The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data

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News | 27 November 2025

State must stop xenophobic vigilantism at clinics, court told

Médecins Sans Frontières, Treatment Action Campaign and Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia launched an application in the South Gauteng High Court

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Law | 26 November 2025

Operation Dudula blocks access to clinics, violating court order

Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants.

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Feature | 24 November 2025

US and Lesotho strike five-year health funding pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the country’s health system

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News | 19 November 2025

At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets

Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years

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Brief | 13 November 2025

“I can run, I feel free”: How government-funded hormones changed Lilita Singata’s life

Gender-affirming healthcare can be life-saving, but access is limited

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News | 13 November 2025

Transgender prisoner wins right to hormone therapy

The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as “cosmetic medication”

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Law | 11 November 2025

Free State clinic short-staffed and overcrowded for 10 years

Premier promised to upgrade the clinic years ago

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Brief | 6 November 2025

No water for two years as R200-million project remains incomplete

At Vyeboom Clinic near Vuwani in Limpopo, staff and patients have to bring water and use pit toilets

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News | 30 October 2025

Fighting addiction: march for recovery-friendly events

“Sharing my recovery with others has kept me grounded,” says Gakeema Solomons at annual Recovery Walk

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Brief | 20 October 2025

PEPFAR cuts leave clinics short of staff

Survey finds longer waiting times for ARVs

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News | 15 October 2025

Pharmacists can treat people with HIV, appeal court rules

“Legitimate and compelling public interests” to allow pharmacists to initiate antiretroviral treatment, says judge

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Law | 10 October 2025

Health workers applaud medical association’s decision to cut ties with Israel

SAMA calls for the Israeli Medical Association to condemn the blockade of essential medical supplies, among other demands

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Brief | 8 October 2025

Study shows how we can massively improve hypertension treatment

Rather than spend hours at a clinic, patients measured their own blood pressure

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News | 29 September 2025

50,000 people and only one ambulance

Five out of six ambulances in the Sundays River Valley Municipality have broken down

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News | 28 September 2025

Staff at this government building have to carry buckets of water to flush toilets

The Public Servants Association is calling on the labour department to intervene

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News | 27 September 2025