A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar.

At 33, retired Constitutional Court justice Edwin Cameron thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death from Aids to a chronic, manageable condition at 73 — and ...

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We ...

Researchers say transactional sex will become more common because of a rise in climate change-related droughts and floods. Droughts and floods cause financial hardship, and therefore increase the ...

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As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining ...

Autopsy reports show that some of the 30 initiates who died last month in the Eastern Cape were assaulted by traditional surgeons.

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We ...

On Saturday, the US state department issued details of who qualifies for a limited waiver during the Trump administration’s 90-day pause of foreign aid. The freeze has resulted in the temporary close ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explain why HIV scientists and government are once again pitted against each other. Sign up for our newsletter today. In the leafy office park not far from Charlotte ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in ...