A silicon ring, currently being tested in trials across Africa, could be the new way to prevent HIV infection in women.
Southern Africa has little reason to celebrate, given the massive HIV funding cuts that threaten to take the region back to where it was 10 years ago.
Young South Africans do not perceive themselves to be at risk of contracting HIV, which make calls for innovative education more urgent.
Through frank interviews, the documentary refrains from being didactic, but opens up discussion among men.
Effective solutions for dealing with the country’s massive acid mine drainage problems exist, but the question is who should finance the way out.
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/ 10 December 2010
Inadequate training is a barrier to successfully preventing TB infection in HIV patients.
As acid mine drainage threatens some of South Africa’s major cities and waterways, technology providers are looking for cost-effective solutions.
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/ 29 November 2010
The move away from dependence on oil has created a resurgence of interest in using coal to power our jobs, homes and lives.
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/ 26 November 2010
Headlines of unpaid miners matched with new BMWs for owners has pegged the leadership of Aurora as the bad boys in mining.
Second in a series of stories in which we explores AMD in SA, this week’s focus is on gold mining and communities that live with its after-effects.