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Aug 28, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Khanyisa Mapipa |Sean MacDonell
Sister Leonie Weyers says staff at the Saartjie Baartman centre try to find moments to laugh often. (Photo: Nasief Manie/Spotlight) News & Features28th August 2024 | Biénne Huisman The only full-time nurse at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Sister Leonie Weyers, is not only a caregiver to her patients but also helps them to “feel beautiful” again. Biénne Huisman spent time with her at the shelter situated on gang-war turf in Manenberg.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Amy Green |Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
Lenacapavir is in a relatively new class of antiretroviral medicines which interferes with the protein shell that protects HIV’s genetic material and the enzymes it needs for viral replication. (Photo: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay) News & Features1st July 2024 | Thabo Molelekwa and Marcus Low An HIV prevention injection that provides six months of protection per shot has been shown to be highly effective in a pivotal trial largely conducted in South Africa.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Marcus Low |Amy Green
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables his 2024 Budget during a joint seating of the National Assembly in the Cape Town City Hall.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Adele Baleta |Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Alicestine October
Professor Ryan Blumenthal, a senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of Pretoria was one of the speakers at a recently held Forensic DNA Symposium in Cape Town. PHOTO: Elmi le Roux/Walla Films News & Features5th July 2023 | Sue Segar Warning: This article contains references to suicide and graphic descriptions of dead bodies that some readers may find upsetting.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
allafrica.com | Khanyisa Mapipa
It is almost three months since - partly through the efforts of SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance - money was made available to the Gauteng Health Department to outsource radiation oncology services and address surgical backlogs in the province. In our article dated 10 March 2023, we indicated that Gauteng Treasury made available an amount of R784 million for the outsourcing of radiation oncology services as well as to service other surgical backlogs.
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Jun 11, 2023 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED It is almost three months since – partly through the efforts of SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance – money was made available to the Gauteng health department to outsource radiation oncology services and address surgical backlogs in the province. It is deeply worrying that despite being provided with resources for this outsourcing project, very little has been done to date to ensure patients get the long-overdue care they need.
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Mar 23, 2023 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer |Mbalenhle Baduza |Refilwe Mochoari
In 2021, TB accounted for 56 000 deaths in the country. The disease remains the leading cause of death in South Africa. PHOTO: GCIS Comment & Analysis23rd March 2023 | Wieda Human, Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Janet Giddy, Ingrid Schoeman and Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death in South Africa. In 2021, TB accounted for 56 000 deaths and 304 000 people got sick with TB in the country.
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Mar 14, 2023 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
SPOTLIGHT OP ED On 8 March, the Gauteng MEC for Finance, Jacob Mamabolo, delivered his budget speech in which he said that R784m had been set aside for the provincial health department to ‘address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services’ in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
allafrica.com | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
On 8 March 2023, the Gauteng MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo delivered his budget speech in which he indicated that an amount of R784 million has been set aside for the provincial health department to "address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services" in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
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Mar 10, 2023 | 
news24.com | Khanyisa Mapipa |Salomé Meyer
VOICESOn 8 March 2023, the Gauteng MEC for Finance Jacob Mamabolo delivered his budget speech in which he indicated that an amount of R784 million has been set aside for the provincial health department to “address backlogs in surgical and radiation oncology services” in Gauteng. In a statement, we at SECTION27 welcomed this news and commended the Gauteng Treasury for the work and efforts towards making these funds available.
