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Gold

Harmony Gold's profits climb 26% on back of record-high bullion prices

28 Aug 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better

Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025

Image credit: Thirdman on Pexels

Oncology

Early detection gives a fighting chance against breast cancer

16 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The future of medicine and wellness unveiled at WHX Cape Town

21 May 2025

World Cancer Day campaign ‘United by Unique’

Oncology

World Cancer Day campaign ‘United by Unique’

Issued by CANSA 24 Jan 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

Source: Pixabay.

Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Africa health body calls on Trump to honour US vaccine pledges

Anait Miridzhanian 8 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Another busy day for Africa Health

23 Oct 2024

Advancing healthcare: African solutions headline Africa’s largest medical conference in October

Medtech

Advancing healthcare: African solutions headline Africa’s largest medical conference in October

Issued by Informa Markets 21 Oct 2024

Healthcare

Africa Health Congress tackles mental health crisis among healthcare workers

11 Oct 2024

Global award for South Africa health professional

Healthcare

Global award for South Africa health professional

Issued by COHSASA 30 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

NHI

Africa Health Congress: SA's new NHI - path to UHC or empty promise?

18 Jul 2024

Healthcare

Africa Health 2024 relocates to Cape Town, spotlighting healthcare financing

15 Apr 2024

Source: Tania Joffe, chief executive officer of Unu Health.

Mental health

Digital health: The new currency of happiness in South Africa

25 Mar 2024

Yande Nomvete, operations manager for Africa at Binance

Technology

Yande Nomvete is championing financial inclusion in Africa through crypto

8 Mar 2024

HIV/AIDS

HIV among older South Africans in rural areas: big study shows there’s a problem that’s being neglected

Jen Manne-Goehler and Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas 5 Mar 2024

Medtech

AI's role in imaging and diagnostics: Insights abound as Africa Health Congress 2023 kicks off

17 Oct 2023

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Women's Health

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 6 Oct 2023

Covid-19

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

SMEs

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

Healthcare

Sahpra unveils the latest graduates

12 Jun 2023

Medtech

AxessHealth kickstarts groundbreaking communications hub for healthcare professionals

19 May 2023

Medtech

AstraZeneca promotes AI use in disease detection

13 Apr 2023

Source: John Schnobrich This year’s Wan-Ifra’s Digital Media Awards Africa 2023 is lead by the South African press.

Digital

SA media takes 7 out of 8 at the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2023

13 Apr 2023

NHI

The progress towards achieving universal health coverage needs to remain on track

Ahmed Banderker 20 Mar 2023

HIV/AIDS

R40m NIH grant keeps HIV prevention as top priority in 2023

10 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa reports first death due to cholera as cases rise to five

24 Feb 2023

Healthcare

CSSD: No margin for error in today's health facilities

29 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Addressing maternal mental healthcare in Africa

16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Professor Thumbi Ndung’u is the new co-chair of the International Aids Society's 'Towards an HIV Cure' advisory board.

HIV/AIDS

Towards an HIV cure: UKZN scientist takes on new role

2 Jun 2022

Finance

CEO optimism hits 10-year high

17 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: The rise of purpose, engaging where it matters

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The rise of purpose, engaging where it matters

Stuart Innell 12 Jan 2022

Source: ©supplied

Healthcare

Covid-19: shaping Africa's future healthcare systems

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency

Healthcare

Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

27 Oct 2021

Source: ©franco volpato

Healthcare

Bringing quality and safety to Africa's healthcare

26 Oct 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

Covid-19

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Michal Bednarek

Medtech

Fast-tracking healthcare digitalisation

30 Sep 2021

Soure: supplied by agency

Covid-19

Pandemic-proofing Africa

16 Sep 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Public Health

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Healthcare worker, Boitsholo Mfolo, inside the digital x-ray truck at one of Africa Health Research Institute’s mobile screening camps in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Samora Chapman/ Africa Health Research Institute

Noncommunicable diseases

Study shows a huge burden of undiagnosed disease in a rural South African district

Emily B Wong 28 Jun 2021

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Tuberculosis

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa's TB problem

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

Don't miss this quality management webinar!

Education & Training

Don't miss this quality management webinar!

Issued by COHSASA 7 Oct 2020

Medical Research

Locals must lead the way to African scientific capacity and solutions

Victoria Kasprowicz & Denis Chopera 16 Sep 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#StartupStory

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020