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Inside The Box with Dr Andy Gray | Are complementary medicines effectively regulated in South Africa?
44+ min ago (769+ words) The regulation of complementary and alternative medicines in South Africa has been hotly contested in recent decades, including in court rooms. In his latest column for Spotlight, Dr Andy Gray unpacks the legal background and the current state of this…...
Closing the gap is not enough for children born with cleft lip or cleft palate
1+ week, 19+ min ago (718+ words) For many families, the day a child receives cleft surgery to repair the lip, palate or gum is a milestone worth celebrating. After months, and sometimes years of waiting, particularly for families who rely on South Africa’s public healthcare system,…...
AIDS 2026: Some pieces falling into place for monthly HIV prevention pill, but key data not yet in • Spotlight
2+ week, 2+ day ago (660+ words) If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injection. A new licensing agreement is…...
Mireille Wenger | What 49 000 Western Cape teenagers taught us about preventing alcohol abuse and violence
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1298+ words) A survey of 49 000 teenagers in the Western Cape reminds us that preventing violence does not begin in a hospital, a police station or a courtroom. It begins much earlier, in families, schools, sports fields, faith communities and neighbourhoods, writes Western…...
The Charlotte Maxeke fire should have been a national turning point – is SA now ready to listen?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) The fire that engulfed parts of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital was never just a fire, it was a warning, argue Dr Haseena Majid and Professor Mogie Subban. Five years later, the real question they say is whether South Africa…...
New shingles vaccine to be launched in SA private sector, but affordability may limit access
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (842+ words) Ten years after its launch in the United States, a new, more effective shingles vaccine is finally set to hit the market in South Africa. While the vaccine, called Shingrix, should soon be available at private sector pharmacies, it seems…...
Young people gave their time, their bodies, and their trust to help unlock breakthrough HIV prevention jab
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (583+ words) As South Africa marks 50 years since the June 1976 youth uprising for a dream of freedom, a new generation of young people dreaming of an HIV-free future gave their time, trust, and participation to help deliver a breakthrough new HIV prevention…...
Did US aid cuts break precisely the things we need most for the lenacapavir rollout?
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (1705+ words) During the short consultation, Keegan claims the doctor, who appeared unfamiliar with prescribing PrEP, chastised him for addressing him as “sir” rather than “doctor”, and made assumptions about his sexual orientation. “I am gay, but when he told me I…...
In The Spotlight | All you need to know about the jab that could dramatically reduce new HIV infections in SA
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1257+ words) On June 5 2026, an HIV prevention injection will for the first time become available at some of South Africa’s public sector clinics. In this Spotlight special briefing, we pull together all you need to know about this “breakthrough” jab. We’ve come…...
The children’s beachfront hospital the Apartheid govt tried to kill is reclaiming its heartbeat
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (926+ words) Shut down by the apartheid government for providing care to child patients of all races, Durban’s Addington Children’s Hospital is well on its way from a ghostly ruin into a lifeline for a new generation thanks to visionaries like Professor…...