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South Africa Health News API
Get the live top health headlines from South Africa with our JSON API.
Get API key for the South Africa Health News APIAPI Demonstration
This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from South Africa.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=za&category=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 8462,
"articles": [
{
"id": "1b7ff71271f93201d92a97adb09906f8",
"title": "Collagen, chicken feet, caviar and ceramics",
"description": "Would you rather consume collagen in a premium powder, or find it where it has always been: in a chicken foot?",
"content": "Long before collagen was repackaged as a luxury wellness supplement, this humble structural protein was already doing extraordinary work in the most ordinary way: bringing strength and shape to skin, joints, bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and b... [8461 chars]",
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-26-collagen-chicken-feet-caviar-and-ceramics-the-luxury-rebranding-of-ordinary-appetites/?dm_source=blocks-category&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform",
"image": "https://cdn.dailymaverick.co.za/i/jFehB55gritP3g2lxGDVdA_eXJA=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/attachments/2994/ChefAbsasorangeandchutneychickenfeetphotocreditAbsaKotsokoane_808374.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-26T08:06:04Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "014a1578e982d66b3e13de65ae3a28a6",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
}
},
{
"id": "3367723713648e4c2beab50724b26c98",
"title": "High diabetes, BP and UV exposure rates boost cataract risk",
"description": "Health experts say South Africans face a higher risk of cataracts due to diabetes, high blood pressure and intense UV exposure.",
"content": "SOUTH Africa’s high diabetes, hypertension (commonly called BP) and UV exposure rates boost cataract risk, an issue that has been brought to the fore this Word Cataract Awareness Month – June.\nSpec-Savers South Africa is challenging one of the most p... [2777 chars]",
"url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/highway-mail/news-headlines/local-news/2026/06/26/high-diabetes-bp-and-uv-exposure-rates-boost-cataract-risk/",
"image": "https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2023/04/what-are-the-signs-of-glaucoma-in-children.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-26T06:01:37Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "70fef475a9ba64f00a42970d13afd011",
"name": "The Citizen",
"url": "https://www.citizen.co.za"
}
},
{
"id": "cc0d0ded6bf07b78998b249139a961ee",
"title": "Namibia: Health Receives 47 Critical Medical Supplies",
"description": "The health ministry has received 47 critical medicine supplies, comprising 27 medicines and 20 clinical supplies.",
"content": "The health ministry has received 47 critical medicine supplies, comprising 27 medicines and 20 clinical supplies.\nEarlier this month, the ministry received the first batch of medical equipment procured directly from manufacturers.\nIn its third public... [2562 chars]",
"url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202606260037.html",
"image": "https://cdn.allafrica.com/static/images/structure/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-26T04:12:47Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b2a8a9bf339fa827c13a5a389d64b625",
"name": "allAfrica.com",
"url": "https://allafrica.com"
}
}
]
}