Spotlight
A print and online publication monitoring South Africa's response to TB and HIV, the state of our health systems and the people that use it and keep it going.
Spotlight
Show overview
Spotlight launched in 2018 and has put out 8 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 21 min and 28 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Science & Medicine show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 6.8 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year.
From the publisher
A print and online publication monitoring South Africa's response to TB and HIV, the state of our health systems and the people that use it and keep it going.
Latest Episodes
Episode 11: Vuyokazi Gonyela on sexual and reproductive health rights and access to termination of pregnancy services
Episode 10: Siphiwe Mhlangana on the Treatment Action Campaign’s treatment literacy work
Host Nomatter Ndebele chats to Siphiwe Mhlangana of the TAC about his treatment literacy work and why treatment literacy still matters.
Episode 9: Rensburg on healthcare reform in South Africa
Host Nomatter Ndebele chats to RHAP director Russell Rensburg about the major reforms underway in the South African healthcare system.
Episode 8: How South Africa is performing against key NSP indicators
Host Nomatter Ndebele chats to Spotlight editor Marcus Low about South Africa’s progress against key NSP indicators.
Episode 7: Lotti Rutter on PEPFAR funding and why we need a People’s COP
Nomatter Ndebele chats to Lotti Rutter of HealthGAP about what the People’s COP is and why it matters.
Episode 3: Sasha Stevenson on what NHI and HMI means for healthcare reform in South Africa
At a recent civil society meeting jointly hosted by SECTION27 and Spotlight, Sasha Stevenson, head of health at SECTION27, presented on the implications of NHI and HMI for access to healthcare in South Africa. We now make her informative and thought-provoking presentation available as a podcast. (We apologise for the poor quality of the recording.)
Episode 2: Life Esidimeni revisited
In episode 2 we catch up with the processes around the Life Esidimeni tragedy. Christine Nxumalo discusses what further action the families are hoping for. Tendai Mafuma provides fascinating insights into the prospects for criminal liability. Mark Heywood gives his views on the politics surrounding the case and what that means for accountability.
Episode 1: Sexual and reproductive health rights
In this first episode of the Spotlight podcast host Nomatter Ndebele speaks to Dr Daphney Conco of Wits about what SRHR is and why it matters. We also hear from Vuyokazi Gonyela of TAC about their SRHR work in provinces. Finally, Nomatter chats to Spotlight guest editor Thuthu Mbatha about some of the highlights in the special Youth edition of Spotlight.