Doctor Thulani Ngwenya has no plans to leave his job at Bethesda Hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal for a post in a city. Ngwenya grew up near the facility and he’s determined to serve his community for as long as possible. Get to know him better with our reporter, Dylan Bush.
Civil society and opposition parties in Eswatini have met in South Africa to discuss and adopt a strategy aimed at achieving the abdication of King Mswati III and turning the monarchy into a democracy.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Eswatini are five countries in Southern Africa that are due to hold elections next year.
Rural hospitals and clinics struggle to attract or retain senior healthcare professionals. Health workers who grew up in rural towns can plug the gap because they are more likely than their urban counterparts to work at facilities in far-flung places.