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
- 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
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 15, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 14, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 10, 2024
- Bhekisisa Teamhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/bhekisisa-team/May 8, 2024
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
Thatego Mashabela is a multimedia producer at Bhekisisa.
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/April 2, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/March 12, 2024
- Thatego Mashabelahttps://bhekisisa.org/author/thategom/March 5, 2024
- 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
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 12, 2024
- 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
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 26, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/February 9, 2024
- Jessica Pitchfordhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/jessica-pitchford/January 30, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/April 2, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/February 26, 2024
- Ruan Visserhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/ruanv/January 30, 2024
Liz Fish is an investigative journalist and producer.
- Liz Fishhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/liz-fish/May 13, 2024
- 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.
- Dan Claytonhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/danc/May 13, 2024
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
: Last week, the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal was mopping up damage after being battered by heavy, unexpected rainfall over the weekend — almost 50 times more in 24 hours than what the usual daily average is here. How seriously should your political party take such issues? Here’s what voters think.
Sekoetlane Phamodi is a development worker with over a decade’s postgraduate experience in building public policy and advocacy initiatives on information and communication rights, media development, and good governance in South Africa and the continent. They currently work as programme director of the New Economy Hub.
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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
- Tanya Pampalonehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/tanya-pampalone/December 4, 2023
- 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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A new tuberculosis vaccine is being tested in South Africa as part of a large trial in which about 20 000 people from seven countries will get their shots. We visited a rural site in KwaZulu-Natal to see how it is being rolled out.
Sipokazi Fokazi is Bhekisisa's senior health news reporter.
- Sipokazi Fokazihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/sipokazif/March 20, 2024
The National Health Insurance scheme is supposed to provide all South Africans with the healthcare many have fought and died for. But citizens are wary of trusting politicians with the public purse and point to Tembisa Hospital on the East Rand as an example of how money set aside for health, has been used for anything but.
Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 29, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/April 2, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 12, 2024
- Yolanda Mdzekehttps://bhekisisa.org/author/yolanda/March 8, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/April 2, 2024
- Justin Barlowhttps://bhekisisa.org/author/justin-barlow/December 1, 2023
Mohale Moloi worked at Bhekisisa as a television producer and health journalist from July 2021 to March 2024.
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/April 2, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 12, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 8, 2024
- Mohale Moloihttps://bhekisisa.org/author/mohale/March 5, 2024
Civil rights activist Koketso Moeti has been smoking for over 20 years. Yet she supports South Africa’s new Tobacco Bill, which bans indoor smoking, including vaping, in public buildings. Here’s why.
Koketso Moeti has a long background in civic activism and has over the years worked at the intersection of governance, communication and citizen action. In 2024 she was announced as an inaugural New Voices Advanced Advocacy Program fellow.
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