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Joan van Dyk graduated with an honours degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University in 2017. She was the top performing student in the class of 2016.
HIV doctor Francois Venter explains why the treatment of obese people reminds him of the bad old days of the HIV epidemic.
Specialist doctors at many state facilities aren’t showing up to work despite earning millions a year in taxpayer money. The consequences for patient health can be devastating…
In the US, the end of national abortion rights could be drawing nearer. In South Africa, laws permit terminations — but the threat is political, not legal
Get to know the cleaners, plumbers and therapists who work at the Nasrec field hospital. Plus, find out what happens to newspapers, food and medical equipment used at the…
After Easter there was an uptick in domestic violence cases in the country. Shelters have lost income and social workers are having to field as many as 1000 calls a day from…
Public comment on the NHI has closed, but there are other ways you can add your voice
From “sinister sexual behaviours” to “lies” and efforts to “manufacture ignorance”, Joan van Dyk looks at the high-stakes sex-ed fight
The university says it had no idea researchers had signed up to take Big Tobacco money but the decision could have lasting effects
By making a devastating mistake, this clinic proved it was on the right track
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.
Italy has come up with a plan to slash the cost of medicines by May. For the plan to work, they need everyone to get on board.
Life-saving medicines are out of reach for many patients but a World Health Organisation meeting held in Johannesburg this week could change that.
When this toddler died at Leratong Hospital, his body disappeared. Here’s what happened when his parents went back there more than a decade later.
New research may finally tell us why SA is always among the first to sound the alarm over drug-resistant strains.
Two decades after their son died while illegally detained at a deportation centre outside Johannesburg, this family still hasn’t found his grave.
Women who have been forced to go without their usual birth control shot are now facing the consequences of months-long shortages.
If you think shutting down needle exchange programmes will keep your city free of contaminated needles, think again.
When a few months of treatment costs as much as a house, some patients are taking their lives and the law into their own hands to survive.
Find out what you need to know about Bosasa’s alleged corruption in just minutes with our Joan van Dyk.
