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Dylan Bush
Dylan Bush is the senior multimedia reporter for Bhekisisa, the Mail & Guardians health journalism centre. A campaigner for social justice, Bush believes the world is not for sale and is passionate about exposing human rights violations in Southern Africa.
Pills for bills: Now you can get your medication at an ATM near you
South Africa has become the first country in the world to introduce ATM-like machines that dispense medicine instead of money.
The ECHO trial is out: Depo Provera doesn’t lead to HIV
After 30 years of speculation about whether the three month shot makes women more likely to contract HIV, we finally have an answer.
Could an implant the size of a match stick save teenage girls from HIV? Find out.
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan talks to HIV scientist Salim Abdool Karim about his research on risky relationships of young women and older men.
There’s more to gender than ‘men’ & ‘women’. Here’s why.
Cisgender, transgender, non-binary. What does it all mean? We give you the low down.
Forced abortions: The crime no one is talking about
Nomthandazo* thought her and her partner were happily expecting their first baby together. She was wrong.
Precarious politicking: What the law says about foreigners and healthcare in SA
Did you know that anyone hailing from SADC has the right to be treated just like a South African?
Sex work and soccer: More alike than you think?
One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?
Heroin withdrawals: Could this drug be the answer?
Programmes letting people swap illegal highs for medications are popping up all over the country. Here’s how they work.
[WATCH] Busted: Three myths about drug addiction
If you think shutting down needle exchange programmes will keep your city free of contaminated needles, think again.
This is how a SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela
Find out what you need to know about Bosasa’s alleged corruption in just minutes with our Joan van Dyk.
Leaving home means leaving family – and could have health implications
Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it’s worse than that.
On the road: Go inside the farm clinics making sure workers are never far from care
They’re not only good for workers’ health, they’re good for business too.
Nurse: ‘I had to supplement my income. That’s when I got into sex work.’
Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that’s not the only way she made a living.
WATCH: All the ways the world polices sex
The Swedish model, legalisation, decriminalisation — does the sex work debate leave you confused? Look no further.
This is what it’s like being a sex worker: ‘Police dragged me out in public naked’
Go inside one of the country’s most dangerous jobs.