Early data shows South Africans and Zambians have a big appetite for the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection. But clinics ...

Think you know South Africa’s health system? Put your knowledge to the test with Bhekisisa’s health crossword. Drawing on ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has highlighted the coverage of the M&G's new health journalism centre, Bhekisisa, in his budget vote speech.

His wheelchair no longer fits, and the local clinic often runs out of his medicine. Add to that three decades of living with ...

Very clever people with a decade or four of subject expertise in public health need to know how to talk to the rest of us about their work in plain English. Here’s why, and how they can get started.

South Africa returned from the International Aids Conference in Rio with three big HIV announcements: a new dashboard tracking the roll-out of the country's six-monthly HIV prevention injection, ...

What if HIV’s greatest legacy is teaching us how to treat obesity? In today’s newsletter, Francois Venter, Simiso Sokhela, Nzama Mbalati and Yvette Raphael explain how we cannot let history repeat ...

This is the first in Bhekisisa's series of commentaries marking the International Aids Conference in Rio de Janeiro that starts on Sunday. Netflix's The Polygamist has sparked conversation across ...

The judges deciding the NHI case are part of a 30-year tradition of using evidence, constitutional principles and careful reasoning to resolve some of South Africa’s toughest health disputes. (Delwyn ...