Tiyese Jeranji

Cape Town

Freelance Journalist at Spotlight NSP

Award-winning feature writer. Freelance journalist @Spotlightnsp. Multilingual. No niknaks or doritos.Dislikes cakes. I have the interest of people at heart

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Articles

Inside the SAMRC’s race to rescue health research in SA

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Amy Green |Tiyese Jeranji |Marcus Low |Yogan Pillay

Health research in South Africa is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the ongoing termination of funding from the United States government. (Photo: CDC/Unsplash) News & Features15th April 2025 | Catherine Tomlinson Health research in South Africa has been plunged into crisis with the abrupt termination of several large research grants from the US, with more grant terminations expected in the coming days and weeks.
8 million people living with HIV in SA, according to latest estimates

2 months ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Nthusang Lefafa |Marcus Low |Francois Venter

Around 12.8% of South Africa's population is living with HIV. (Photo: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Pexels) News & Features31st March 2025 | Marcus Low The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has for the first time reached the eight million mark. Of these, around 6.2 million are on treatment, according to new estimates. The number of people living with HIV in South Africa continues to rise, surpassing eight million in 2024.
SA unveils ambitious new HIV campaign amid aid crisis

Mar 6, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Umunyana Rugege |Tiyese Jeranji |Chris Bateman

South Africa’s HIV testing programme has been a huge success over the last decade, largely due to the use of rapid tests. (File photo: Unicef) News & Features6th March 2025 | Ufrieda Ho Amid major disruptions caused by aid cuts from the United States government, the health department aims to enrol a record number – an additional 1.1 million – of people living with HIV on life-saving antiretroviral medicine this year.
Francois Venter | Our HIV response will collapse without US funding - unless we act urgently

Mar 3, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Francois Venter

Professor Francois Venter is one of the foremost HIV research scientists in South Africa and hails from the Ezintsha Research Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. (Photo: Supplied) Comment & Analysis4th March 2025 | Francois Venter South Africa faces its worst health crisis in 20 years. Worse than COVID, and one that will overshadow diabetes as a major killer, while pouring petrol on a dwindling TB fire.
Research hub aims to decode health challenges facing ‘people of the dew’

Feb 27, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Nthusang Lefafa |Tiyese Jeranji |Catherine Tomlinson |Ufrieda Ho

Findings from the BAMMISHO project will inform strategies to address the challenges of mining and migration, fostering sustainable solutions for communities to thrive. (File photo: SAPRIN) News & Features27th February 2025 | Nthusang Lefafa A new health research hub brings hope of improving health services in the Rustenburg Valley in the North West Province.
It is a time for solutions, says Prof Tulio de Oliveira in face of US funding cuts

Feb 24, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Ektaa Deochand |Mbalenhle Baduza |Luvuyo Mehlwana

Professor Tulio de Oliveira. (Photo: Supplied) News & Features24th February 2025 | Biénne Huisman Cuts to United States spending on aid and medical research have caused widespread havoc and anxiety in the last month. Professor Tulio de Oliveira sat down with Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman to talk through what it might mean for health research in South Africa.
US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

Feb 21, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Claire Botha |Elri Voigt |Tiyese Jeranji |Laura Owings

The Ivan Toms Centre for Health building in Green Point, Cape Town. (Photo: Jesse Copelyn/GroundUp/Spotlight) News & Features21st February 2025 | Jesse Copelyn Despite a waiver on life-saving humanitarian aid, USAID funding for crucial medical services remains frozen. Services remain closed as organisations await approval of revised budgets limited to what is allowed under the waiver.
#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | Essential medicines - essential to whom?

Feb 19, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Marcus Low |Tiyese Jeranji |Andy Gray

#InsideTheBox is a column by Dr Andy Gray, a pharmaceutical sciences expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice.
Stopping health funding in Africa weakens America

Jan 29, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Ndivhuwo Rambau |Sibongile Tshabalala |Laura Owings |Tiyese Jeranji

(Photo of Ramaphosa: Ashraf Hendricks. Photo of Trump: Daniel Torok via Wikipedia) Comment & Analysis29th January 2025 | Marcus Low and Nathan Geffen Following US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid, President Cyril Ramaphosa can display great leadership by meeting with leaders of wealthy countries and convincing them to increase spending to support the health systems of poorer countries.
Gauteng MEC threatens schoolgirls’ bodily autonomy with compulsory implant

Jan 28, 2025 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Sue Segar

Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko sworn in as MEC for health in Gauteng. (Photo: Gauteng Provincial Government) Comment & Analysis28th January 2025 | Khuselwa Dyantyi The bodily autonomy of young women and girls is under threat as Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko intends to make the contraceptive Implanon compulsory for learners as long as their parents consent. This approach to addressing teenage pregnancy is misguided and unlawful, argues Khuselwa Dyantyi.