When health costs you dear

Matthew Hirsch|Published

Healthy foods can be up to 60 percent more expensive than unhealthy food in some SA supermarkets.

Gauteng girls top SA obesity list

Matthew Hirsch|Published

Nearly 20 percent of pupils in South Africa are overweight, with more than twice the number of girls affected than boys.

Solar experiment powers shacks

Matthew Hirsch|Published

Sunny outlook as electrification project powers twenty Stellenbosch homes.

Paramedic attacks on the increase

Matthew Hirsch|Published

The Western Cape Health Department has told staff to leave "high risk areas" if they fear for their safety.

SA should adopt US methods - medic

Matthew Hirsch|Published

The chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland says the forensic medical investigation method in SA needs to be changed.

‘Where smoking went, booze will follow’

Matthew Hirsch|Published

An activist says the ban on cigarette advertising has worked – and so too will the mooted ban on alcohol adverts.

Cape pupils chosen for Nasa programme

Matthew Hirsch|Published

Two Paarl students will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn more about space at the Houston Space Centre.

Malaria cure: Big steps at UCT

Matthew Hirsch|Published

UCT scientists are hopeful they are close to producing a single dose cure for malaria.

SA-Cuba medical programme criticised

Matthew Hirsch|Published

Medical experts have criticised the SA-Cuban doctor programme, saying the SA doctors were not adequately equipped.