'Cochrane Corner’ in the August SAMJ offers evidence relating to articles published in this issue, namely ‘Improving access to antiretrovirals in rural South Africa – a call to action’, ‘Multimorbidity, control and treatment of non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa’ and ‘Prevalence of tobacco use among adults in South Africa: Results from the first South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey’, and the editorial by Yach and Alexander, ‘Turbo-charging tobacco control in South Africa’.