Universal access to healthcareClimate changeFood securitySocial grantsBasic income grantTuberculosisHIVCorruptionGender-based violence Here’s what the African National Congress says about health issues. Universal access to healthcare The ANC say …
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
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Universal access to healthcareClimate changeFood securitySocial grantsBasic income grantTuberculosisHIVCorruptionGender-based violence Here’s what the Democratic Alliance says about health issues. Universal access to healthcare The DA says the g …
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
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Universal access to healthcareClimate changeFood securitySocial grantsBasic income grantTuberculosisHIVCorruptionGender-based violence Here’s what BOSA says about health issues. Universal access to healthcare BOSA’s manifesto doesn’t mention uni …
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
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Choosing the party whose health policies will serve you best you for at least the next five years is a task we make easier with Bhekisisa’s online elections analysis tool, which will help you see the wood for the trees — cutting through the jargon and the politics.
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
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Malegapuru Makgoba, South Africa’s former health ombud, has seen the country’s health system grow, change and sometimes falter under six health ministers over the last 30 years. Mia Malan asks him what lessons we have learnt in this Health Beat show, Bhekisisa’s monthly TV programme.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/April 25, 2024
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Anna-Maria van Niekerk is Bhekisisa’s news editor. She joined the centre after six years as the managing editor of the investigative television show, Carte Blanche. Anna-Maria has an extensive career in in-depth health and human rights reporting and has been named both the Vodacom Journalist (2002) and Discovery Health Journalist of the Year (2010) for exposés on the selling of human body parts for muti in Limpopo and the devastating consequences of HIV denialism. In 2007, she launched the television unit of Health-e News Service. Anna-Maria has also produced award-winning print investigations on the misuse of public health funds and stock-outs in government hospitals for City Press. One of her proudest moments was the 2014 airing of a 26-part reality documentary series, “Doctors on Call”, for Mzansi Magic on DSTV, covering the journey of government hospital surgeons and their patients through the most critical part of their treatment. Anna-Maria holds a master’s degree in political studies from the University of Johannesburg.
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Governments have the power to decide whether people live or die when it comes to health. On 29 May your vote will determine how well South Africa’s post-election government will look after your health. Today, we’re launching a series of analyses to break down what parties say they will do to fix the country’s health system.
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 7, 2024
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From struggles and scandals to feats and forward thinking — South Africa’s health system has seen it all over the past 30 years. In this month’s Health Beat, we ask public officials, activists, health workers, legal experts and ordinary citizens to look back on how things have changed — and what it means for the future of healthcare in the country.
Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa. She has worked in newsrooms in Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington, DC, winning more than 30 awards for her radio, print and television work.
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/April 2, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/February 26, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/February 6, 2024
- Mia Malanhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mia/January 30, 2024
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 2, 2024
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- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/February 26, 2024
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 11, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
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- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 8, 2024
Jessica Pitchford is Bhekisisa's TV and multimedia editor. She's been a journalist since the early nineties and has reported on some pivotal events in South Africa’s political history, such as the country’s transition to democracy and the work of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/April 2, 2024
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- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/April 2, 2024
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- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/January 30, 2024
Liz Fish is an investigative journalist and producer.
- Liz Fishhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/liz-fish/December 8, 2023
Dan Clayton has been a director and editor for various channels for over 20 years.
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When South Africa’s medical schemes lose R28-billion a year, it puts a dent in your pocket. What could private medical aid funds’ teams who work to get back that money teach the National Health Insurance? Mia Malan talks to Botho Mhozya of Discovery Health in the March edition of Bhekisisa’s monthly TV programme Health Beat.
Linda Pretorius is Bhekisisa’s content editor. She has a PhD in biosystems from the University of Pretoria has been working as a science writer, editor and proofreader in the book industry and for academic journals over the past 15 years. At Bhekisisa she helps authors to shape and develop their stories to pack a punch.
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/May 6, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 27, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/March 15, 2024
- Linda Pretoriushttps://bhekisisa.org/author/linda-pretorius/January 23, 2024
Read the second edition of Climate Connection South Africa’s energy CEOs say they’re committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the grid going and maintaining profit margins and jobs. But with deep pockets and easy access to decision-m …
Tanya Pampalone is Bhekisisa's business development consultant. Pampalone is the former managing editor of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, executive editor of the Mail & Guardian and head of partnerships and audience development for The Conversation Africa. Now a communications, strategy and fundraising consultant, she works with non-profit and mission-driven media groups in San Francisco and Johannesburg.
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/March 13, 2024
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- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/November 7, 2023
South Africa’s growing obesity epidemic won’t be reversed by preaching healthier eating habits and exercise alone; there’s a growing realisation that the food industry needs to change, write David Harrison and Liezel Engelbrecht.
David Harrison is a medical doctor and the chief executive officer at the DG Murray Trust, a public innovation fund based in Cape Town.
- David Harrisonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/david-harrison/February 13, 2024
- David Harrisonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/david-harrison/March 2, 2023
Liezel Engelbrecht is an innovation manager and nutrition specialist at the DG Murray Trust.
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