IN PICTURES: Two decades of HIV in South Africa

Posted in: Healthcare system, HIV/AIDS, Latest

We reflect in pictures South Africa’s journey in the struggle against HIV since 2000.

The madness and evil of Manto and Thabo meets the madness and evil of Bathabile and Jacob

Posted in: Editorial, Latest, Sections, Spotlight

By Anso Thom

Having reported with many journalist colleagues on the darkest days on former President Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s distressing, fatal and quite mad HIV-denialism, the latest saga around social grants did bring back a sense of déjà vu.

Return of the quacks

Posted in: Editorial, Latest, Sections, Spotlight, Spotlight Edition 2

By Anso Thom – For a long time, South Africa has been a country where charlatans are able to flourish and peddle dangerous remedies for all kinds of ailments.