Thabo Molelekwa

Nov 11, 2024 | mg.co.za | Thabo Molelekwa

South Africa faces a daunting challenge with thousands of abandoned coal mines and billions in unspent rehabilitation funds. In Mpumalanga, home to about 80% of the country’s coal mines, mine restoration holds potential benefits for the just energy transition (JET).

Oct 23, 2024 | news24.com | Thabo Molelekwa

HIV activist Solly Nduku was recently elected to the top civil society position at the South African National Aids Council. The council is meant to play a co-ordinating role in South Africa's response to HIV. Spotlight asked Nduku and his newly elected deputies about their plans and priorities. The South African National Aids Council (Sanac) is meant to play a co-ordinating role in the country's response to HIV, bringing government, civil society, and other stakeholders together under one roof.

Oct 21, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Thabo Molelekwa |Refilwe Mochoari |Biénne Huisman |Sihle Mahonga Ndawonde

Family physicians undergo an extra four years of training, with an emphasis on clinical governance and knowledge of social factors influencing people’s health. (Photo: Bild von Tung Lam/Pixabay) News & Features21st October 2024 | Chris Bateman Around twenty years ago, family physicians seemed set to take up roles as critical cogs across South Africa’s public healthcare system, but in the years since, doctors trained in this speciality have largely been underutilised.

Oct 16, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Louis Reynolds |Biénne Huisman |Zukiswa Kota |Thabo Molelekwa

Johannesburg's first general hospital was built on the "brow of the hill" in 1890. The building is now abandoned and derelict. (Photo: Courtesy of WRHI) News & Features16th October 2024 | Ufrieda Ho Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis.

Oct 2, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Adele Baleta |Ufrieda Ho |Tiyese Jeranji |Thabo Molelekwa

Professor Lucy Gilson, head of the University of Cape Town's Health Policy and Systems Division, has been honoured with The Virchow Prize 2024. (Photo: Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) News & Features2nd October 2024 | Biénne Huisman Professor Lucy Gilson scooped the prestigious international Virchow Prize. She chats to Biénne Huisman about her upbringing, unexpected dive into the world of public health, and shares her thoughts on National Health Insurance.