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Pharmaceuticals

NHLS restarts antivenom production amid global shortage

5 hours

South Africa's digital future hindered by rising cyber threats

Cybersecurity

South Africa's digital future hindered by rising cyber threats

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 19 Mar 2025

Image source: Gleb Shabashnyi –

Cyber Law

Cybercrimes Act: What you need to know

Zaakir Mohamed and Shuaib Vahed 30 Oct 2024

Image source: jukic –

Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Orlando Scott-Cowley, public sector tech and business development manager at AWS.

Medtech

Looking to enhance cybersecurity? Five top tips for leaders in healthcare

11 Oct 2024

Image source: andreyst –

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Listeriosis tragedy ‘breakthrough’ evidence makes ‘overwhelming’ case Tiger Brands was responsible – lawyers

Tamsin Metelerkamp 9 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Nokuzola Mtshiya, Head: Stakeholder Relations and Business Development, Board of Healthcare Funders.

Financial Services

Shattering ceilings: How women are revolutionising healthcare in SA

29 Aug 2024

Covid-19

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Source: Freepik.

Public Health

South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Higher Education

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 May 2021

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Covid-19

Abdool Karim steps down

26 Mar 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Covid-19

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021

A graphic of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Image by Hanna Vega Yinon M Bar-On, Avi Flamholz, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo via Wikimedia, published in Cell Biology by the Numbers (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Covid-19

#Covid19: Blood tests to be conducted on 19,000 people in nine provinces

James Stent 11 Dec 2020

Volkswagen SA named joint winner of Herald Citizen of the Year award

Dealers

Volkswagen SA named joint winner of Herald Citizen of the Year award

23 Sep 2020

Covid-19 donation to help millions at state health clinics

ESG

Covid-19 donation to help millions at state health clinics

Issued by Triple Eight 8 Sep 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Covid-19

Covid-19 cases declining, but vigilance is still essential

27 Aug 2020

The township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town. South Africa has adopted First World Covid-19 responses for Third World reality.

Covid-19

South Africa is failing on Covid-19 because its leaders want to emulate the First World

Steven Friedman 17 Jul 2020

Mining industry plans to increase Covid-19 testing capacity

Mining

Mining industry plans to increase Covid-19 testing capacity

26 Jun 2020

VWSA completes and hands over phase one of Covid-19 facility

Dealers

VWSA completes and hands over phase one of Covid-19 facility

25 Jun 2020

Machines like this (Gene Xpert) can be used to test for Covid-19, but they require cartridges to be imported into the country and demand currently appears to far exceed supply. Photo: Wikimedia user Wizi09 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Covid-19

Huge delays in Covid-19 test results

Liezl Human and GroundUp staff 11 May 2020

John Paraskevas/Newsday RM vis Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 testing: the answers to six simple questions

Glenda Mary Davison 27 Mar 2020

CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR Diagnostic Panel. Photo: United States Centers for Disease Control via Wikimedia (public domain)

Infectious Diseases

Covid-19: Why "test, test, test" is easier said than done

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 18 Mar 2020

Bata South Africa hosts Women's Day Breakfast

Women's Month

Bata South Africa hosts Women's Day Breakfast

Issued by Bata 21 Aug 2019

Two new rural clinics open in Eastern Cape

NHI

Two new rural clinics open in Eastern Cape

26 Feb 2019

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Affordable & Social Housing

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

Dr Anneke van der Spoel van Dijk is invested in contributing to the global effort of stopping TB by 2035. Photo: Charl Devenish

Tuberculosis

Tackling drug-resistant TB through molecular methods

15 Jan 2018

Jobs trader arrested in hospital

Criminal Law

Jobs trader arrested in hospital

8 Nov 2017

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

Labour Law

NHLS proposes revised salary offer

26 Jul 2017

National laboratory service suspends yet another official

Labour Law & Unions

National laboratory service suspends yet another official

Tamar Kahn 4 May 2017

Cabinet approves Bills

Legislation & Regulation

Cabinet approves Bills

2 Mar 2017

Dashboard will speed up SA's HIV suppression objectives

HIV/AIDS

Dashboard will speed up SA's HIV suppression objectives

22 Nov 2016

Is chemo the best option for breast cancer?

Oncology

Is chemo the best option for breast cancer?

27 Oct 2016

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

Public Health

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

9 May 2016

New study marks important implications for design of HIV vaccine

HIV/AIDS

New study marks important implications for design of HIV vaccine

14 Oct 2015

South Africa's Budget 2015: the full text

Finance

South Africa's Budget 2015: the full text

26 Feb 2015

Asia's Ebola fears cause tour cancellations

Administration

Asia's Ebola fears cause tour cancellations

20 Aug 2014

False alarm of Ebola virus in SA

Administration

False alarm of Ebola virus in SA

15 Aug 2014

New research on HIV-neutralising antibodies

HIV/AIDS

New research on HIV-neutralising antibodies

4 Mar 2014

Scientists discover antibodies that could neutralise HIV

HIV/AIDS

Scientists discover antibodies that could neutralise HIV

4 Mar 2014

Universum announces IDEAL Employer Rankings 2013

Management & Leadership

Universum announces IDEAL Employer Rankings 2013

17 Feb 2014

Wits defends staff exodus as 'strategic need'

Higher Education

Wits defends staff exodus as 'strategic need'

Thuletho Zwane and Dineo Bendile 26 Sep 2013

Paediatrics

Early detection vital for preventing disease

18 Sep 2013

UCT professor wins international award for TB work

Education

UCT professor wins international award for TB work

19 Apr 2013

HR Management

Universum - IDEAL Employer Rankings 2012

8 Mar 2013

Professionals, MBAs, students select ideal employer

Recruitment

Professionals, MBAs, students select ideal employer

28 Feb 2012

Orthopaedics

Polio vaccine paralyses child

25 Oct 2011

The face of cervical cancer in South Africa

Women's Health

The face of cervical cancer in South Africa

15 Mar 2011

Medical Research

DST supports Southern African Human Genome Initiative

7 Dec 2010

Promoting medical technology at schools

Marketing

Promoting medical technology at schools

6 Dec 2010

'Mystery' illness identified

Noncommunicable diseases

'Mystery' illness identified

10 Sep 2010