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Why is South Africa struggling to stop the sellers of illegal weight-loss injections — and how can consumers tell whether the medicines they're buying are safe? (Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels)
PUBLIC HEALTH

Black market weight-loss drug sellers are moving fast. SA’s regulators are struggling to keep up

As the demand for weight-loss injections surges, compounded copycats and unlicensed drugs like retatrutide are flooding South Africa's market. Regulators are racing to introduce…

  • Linda Nordling
7 min read
Drugs: Pharmaceutical Task Group has called for seizures, arrests and prosecutions,to deter sellers and protect confidence in the country’s medicines regulatory system.
PUBLIC HEALTH

Crackdown on illegal weight loss drugs

Pharmaceutical industry leaders and South African regulators have demanded urgent crackdowns, seizures, and arrests to curb the dangerous open sale of unregistered weight loss…

  • Hasina Kathrada
3 min read
Refugees: IMC chairperson and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi says they have written to the Gauteng Judge President to resolve the unintended consequences of the ConCourt judgment. Photo: GCIS
HOME AFFAIRS

ConCourt’s asylum seeker unintended consequences

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration has raised concerns over unintended consequences from a Constitutional Court ruling, which has caused massive backlogs and…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
7 min read
Rule of law: Xenophobia in South Africa will undermine the country’s Africa trade expansion strategy.
MIGRATION

Managing Migration Together: Making South Africa’s Five-Point Plan Work Through Regional and International Cooperation

South Africa faces rising anti-migrant tensions alongside complex border governance challenges. Making the 2026 Five-Point Plan successful requires moving beyond diplomatic talk…

  • Charity Mawire
10 min read
FOOD SAFETY

Pesticides found in our every day foods

Independent testing by the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) found pesticide residues in 86% of commonly consumed foods in South Africa, including those for infants. The…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Effective border management relies on both strong infrastructure and intelligence-driven cooperation with neighbouring states. Photo: Supplied
BORDER MANAGEMENT

Border management is not development policy: Why enforcement alone cannot solve migration pressures

Effective border management is a public consensus in South Africa, but this article questions whether enforcement alone can solve migration pressures. It argues that migration is…

  • Lehlohonolo Gabriel Mambona
5 min read
Dirco spokesperson Chrispin Phiri. (@Chrispin_JPhiri/Twitter)
SOUTH AFRICA

Dirco disputes international claims over migrant deaths in SA

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is challenging international statements on the recent wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in South…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read