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COVID-19: Sex workers say they struggle to access contraception, abortion and other services

August 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and South Africa’s national lockdown has exacerbated existing challenges the LGBTQI+ community and sex workers experience in accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services. Tiyese Jeranji reports.

The dreadful effects of lockdown on access to sexual and reproductive health services

July 31, 2020

Under COVID-19 lockdowns in South Africa and elsewhere, many public services have been interrupted, including sexual and reproductive health services. Thuthukile Mbatha considers the heavy toll these interruptions have taken on people’s lives.

Patients waiting at a screening station at Site B Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha. PHOTO: Nasief Manie/Spotlight

IN-DEPTH: Are clinic committees a missing link in SA’s COVID-19 response?

July 29, 2020

Clinic Committees can be a powerful link between the community and primary healthcare facilities. Several clinic committee members however say they have been side-lined in South Africa’s COVID-19 response. Tiyese Jeranji reports.

COVID-19: The trial and error of digital contact tracing in SA

July 28, 2020

Over four months after the first COVID-19 cases were identified in the country the National Department of Health augmented its approach to contact tracing by adding a new digital component – COVIDConnect. Elri Voigt maps South Africa’s contact tracing efforts leading up to this moment.

COVID-19: How rugby legend Broadhurst Cona beat COVID-19

July 27, 2020

In his illustrious career, Broadhurst (Broadness) Cona, learnt to fight hard on the rugby field and never gave up until the final whistle. It is this same spirit that Cona brought to another fight – surviving COVID-19 as a 73-year-old. Siyabonga Kamnqa paid Cona a visit.

COVID-19: “Extremely high levels of stress” among employees in SA

July 24, 2020

Employees in South Africa are experiencing extremely high rates of psychological distress during the COVID-19 epidemic, researchers report.

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Face to Face: Mase Manopole, Northern Cape MEC for Health

February 11, 2020

The Northern Cape is both South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province. Biénne Huisman sat down with Health MEC Mase Manopole to discuss healthcare in this often-forgotten part of the country.

Spotlight on NHI: Broad support for Bill at KZN hearings

November 26, 2019

The parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has wrapped-up the KwaZulu-Natal leg of its public hearings on the NHI Bill. While there was broad support for the Bill, a few people did express reservations.

Spotlight on NHI: Questions raised over public hearings

November 8, 2019

The public hearings into government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill had a rocky start in Mpumalanga recently as civil society organisations and some opposition parties slammed the process.

Spotlight on NHI: Money and the politics of aspiration

October 30, 2019

NHI is to be implemented in a context of dismal economic fundamentals, but there is nevertheless considerable reason for hope, writes leading health economist Susan Cleary.

Spotlight on NHI: Q&A with head of NHI office

October 22, 2019

Some key questions about NHI have crystallised in recent months. Spotlight put 12 of these questions to Nicholas Crisp, head of government’s NHI office.

Spotlight on NHI: Why private sector reforms are essential to making NHI work

September 30, 2019

Government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill is not the only roadmap to quality healthcare for all in South Africa. The Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector report points the way toward an alternative, possibly more effective, approach.

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