Health & Fitness

Nutrition, training and the business of wellness across Africa.

Colourised electron micrograph of an Ebola virus particle — Illustrative. Image: CDC / Cynthia Goldsmith via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 confirmed cases as Africa CDC calls health ministers together

The Bundibugyo-strain outbreak — with no approved vaccine or treatment — has now killed nearly 5,000 people, almost all in DR Congo, with cases confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria. Africa CDC convened ministers on 28 October.

By Amina Yusuf · Nairobi

Illustrative: semaglutide injection pen with its cap — Illustrative. Photo: Haberdoedas / Unsplash

Weight-loss jab crackdown could hit up to 300,000 South Africans using compounded GLP-1s

By Sipho Dlamini · Johannesburg

Whey protein powder with a measuring scoop — Photo: Alex Saks / Unsplash

Stellenbosch’s ATP Fitness bets on single-ingredient supplements as South Africans read the label

By Sipho Dlamini · Johannesburg