The man at the Johannesburg gym had an answer for every question.
The injectable he was selling was pharmaceutical grade, he insisted. It had been manufactured locally in a clean, high-tech lab. A month’s supply cost R3000. He pulled a professionally packaged, slickly designed box from his bag. The label read, simply: Retatrutide.
Across the globe, retatrutide has become one of the most closely watched experimental obesity drugs in medical history. Early-stage clinical trials have produced unprecedented weight-loss results, eclipsing even the massive success of semaglutide (Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro).
But there is a catch: it is still undergoing testing. It is not approved for…
The Voortrekker Monument: Located in Pretoria, this monument commemorates
the Afrikaner pioneers who left the Cape Colony in the 1830s.