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6 days ago | 
ewn.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
People who are found unfit to stand trial or be held criminally liable for a crime due to their psychiatric state are supposed to receive specialised care in the health system. But hundreds are being kept in prisons. And while the Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Health haggle over who should take responsibility, the number of these state patients is increasing.
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6 days ago | 
groundup.org.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
A major clinic screening for cervical cancer in Johannesburg has shut down due to funding cuts by United States earlier this year. Doctors say state facilities are already overwhelmed, and the closure of this clinic will worsen the situation. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in South Africa.
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2 weeks ago | 
theneweuropean.co.uk | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
Last week, the first group of refugees from South Africa arrived in the United States and according to president Trump they were fleeing a “genocide”. Trump has been speaking about the plight of white South Africans for a while now, partly at the behest of Elon Musk. But if you ask most locals – or even our president – and you’ll hear a very different story. Around 50 people lined up quietly at the Johannesburg airport with piles of suitcases.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
SPOTLIGHT Despite an incredible reduction in the number of babies who acquire HIV from their mothers, many are still getting HIV in this way.
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3 weeks ago | 
allafrica.com | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
Over the last two decades, South Africa made massive progress in reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. Even so, about 7 000 babies still contract the virus every year. Experts put this down to having the right puzzle pieces for prevention but failing to integrate them optimally.
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3 weeks ago | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
Despite an incredible reduction in the number of babies who acquire HIV from their mothers, many are still getting infected in this way. (Photo: Ryan Graybill/Unsplash) News & Features14th May 2025 | Elna Schütz Over the last two decades, South Africa made massive progress in reducing transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies. Even so, about 7 000 babies still contract the virus every year.
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1 month ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
GROUNDUP More than 747,000 South African motorists are waiting for their driving licences to be printed.
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1 month ago | 
groundup.org.za | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
Department of Transport says staff will work extra hours to deal with the backlog The machine which prints driving licences, stalled since January, is working again, the Department of Transport has announced. But there is a backlog of nearly 750,000 cards. The department says staff will work overtime to deal with the backlog. The Department of Transport says that the country’s sole printing machine for driving licence cards, stalled since 4 January, is working again.
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1 month ago | 
theneweuropean.co.uk | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
Like many other countries around the world, mine has been struggling with US cuts to foreign aid. The current administration in the White House has a particular eye on South Africa, and president Trump issued an executive order cutting all aid to the country. Trump’s aid cuts could force up to 5.6 million more Africans into extreme poverty in the next year. It will lead to millions more cases of malaria and childhood malnutrition.
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2 months ago | 
theneweuropean.co.uk | Elna Schutz |Elna Schütz
He stands, arms crossed in a determined and powerful pose, against a backdrop of stylishly miscellaneous tech. Across his simple black T-shirt, reminiscent of other rich geniuses and their simple wardrobes, is the line “How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future”. This is the front cover of the biography of Elon Musk that I gave my bookworm father for Christmas almost a decade ago. Unlike other, similar biographies of billionaires, this one had a special glint to it.
