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Lenacapavir is almost foolproof in protecting HIV-negative people against the virus and only has to be taken twice a year.

On June 5 2026, an HIV prevention injection will for the first time become available at some of South Africa’s public sector clinics. Here’s what you need to know about this breakthrough.

Obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease are killers, and South Africans are becoming addicted to the ultra-processed foods that contribute to this health disaster.

While computing power, connectivity and software raced ahead, the battery lagged behind. That gap is finally closing and the stakes are huge: almost everything now runs on stored power, from your phone to your car – and the grid itself

The elephant at the waterhole is the question of whether you trust your city enough to drink the water it pipes your way. Meanwhile, the global bottled water industry is making millions.

South Africa and Spain have long been citrus competitors. The rivalry has occasionally stooped to ugly levels, with the Spanish describing South African fruit as diseased.

The DA scraped a narrow victory in an all-black by-election in a ward in Evaton township. Another setback for the ANC in Gauteng came when the high court blocked a planned logistics hub after complaints about its impact on a wetland.

The recent floods in the Little Karoo, which farmer Arne Muller sat out on high ground in the family graveyard, are said to have been a 'one-in-a-hundred-year phenomenon'

Ferrari races ahead in the EV market with the eye-wateringly expensive Luce. Durex, on the other hand, hits the brakes with a 5% drop in sales in China

New vehicle sales may be thriving, but local production is not. Figures released this week show that 61,071 cars and commercial vehicles were sold last month — a 12.8% improvement on the 45,287 of May 2025.

If South Africa is serious about ending TB, protecting people living with HIV and safeguarding the next generation from nicotine addiction, parliament must finally pass the tobacco bill, argues Lekan Ayo-Yusuf

By March 2027, the health department aims to have 1.5-million people living with HIV on a programme where they can get a six-month supply of antiretroviral medicines at a time. Early indications suggest implementation of the programme is slow and uneven

In northern Mozambique, conflict, cyclones and a collapsing health system are layering trauma on top of trauma. And there are almost no mental health services to catch people when they fall. Sean Christie reports

A new HIV prevention injection could change the course of the epidemic — but only if people trust it. Research shows we can pre-empt the false claims already forming around it. The window is open now.

Born in Sasolburg, now living in the UK, Johannes Radebe has reached the stars with his passion for dance. But Farzana Fakir, head of the compensation fund, should show more passion for keeping the books straight.