MUST READ | The Gauteng Department of Health has suffered another loss in the courts earlier this month over it's obligation to provide cancer treatments. @Ufrieda assesses the legal situation and what it means for people waiting for life-saving treatment.

WOMEN IN HEALTH | From anti-apartheid activist to one of the country’s leading researchers on gender-based violence, Professor Rachel Jewkes spoke to @elri_voigt about her career spent trying to make the world a better place for women.

RT @News24: Home Affairs has stripped hundreds of thousands of people of their citizenship by blocking IDs of people deemed suspicious. | @….

#InsideTheBox | In his latest column, Dr Andy Gray explains how reliance mechanisms can help regulators make decisions more quickly and efficiently, and digs into the details of how South Africa can make the most of these mechanisms.

RT @SpotlightNSP: ENDLESS WAIT | On 7 August 2025, Primrose Modisane, 36, flickered back into legal existence outside a Home Affairs office….

HEALING NOT HOSTILITY | The law is clear. Every person in South Africa has a constitutional right to access healthcare services, regardless of their documentation status. Read more: Join our mailing list:

Primrose finally has the 13-digits that could change her fortune. When Spotlight asked her how she’ll respond to future questions about where she’s from, she falls silent, then says: “I’ll have to say I’m South African, but I’m not proud to be.”.

People become stateless for a range of reasons. In South Africa, Home Affairs has stripped hundreds of thousands of people of their citizenship by blocking IDs of people deemed suspicious, a process that can take years to correct.

They were “stateless”, which means no country recognised them as citizens. There are at least 10 000 stateless people in South Africa, and those most affected are orphaned and abandoned infants, and children born to parents of different nationalities.

That was when she learned that as far as the South African government was concerned, she did not exist and neither did her mother.

Back in 2008, officials from the Department of Home Affairs arrived at her high school in Vosloorus, south of Boksburg, as part of a documentation drive.

ENDLESS WAIT | On 7 August 2025, Primrose Modisane, 36, flickered back into legal existence outside a Home Affairs office in Germiston, just 20 kilometers from the spot where she had evaporated 17 years earlier. A must read by @vandykjoan. @LHR_SA .

HER IMPACT | The obesity epidemic will hit South Africa hard on top of our high HIV burden, but advocate researcher and scientist Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana says she is ready to fight back harder, reports @Ufrieda. @Thembi_ZA @DTHF_SA .

RT @SpotlightNSP: BATTLE TO BREATHE | Despite a landmark court ruling that upheld the right to clean air, air pollution remains rife in Ema….

RT @TBAC_sa: TB is curable but only if diagnosed and treated early, which is why timely testing is important. Delays in care put people and….

BATTLE TO BREATHE | Despite a landmark court ruling that upheld the right to clean air, air pollution remains rife in Emalahleni. For part 2 of this Spotlight special series, journalist Sue Segar and photographer Thom Pierce met up with some activists.

CASH INJECTION | Emergency funding will for sure soften the blow of the sudden and major US funding cuts - but the blow remains a massive one. Here’s the quick breakdown: Join our mailing list:

RT @News24: The current tranche of money comes from National Treasury’s contingency reserve, which exists partially to deal with unforeseen….

MUST READ | National Treasury has provided the Health Department with hundreds of millions of rands in emergency funds following US funding cuts. Spotlight and GroundUp look at how government intends to spend this money. @JesseCopelyn.

#HerImpact: When Karen Mara Moss’ son was diagnosed with clubfoot, she went to the US for a life-changing treatment. She made a promise to bring it to SA and two decades on, her non-profit @STEPS_SA is at the heart of a remarkable success story.