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There’s a warning from HIV prevention pills: despite being free and stocked at almost all government clinics, uptake has been far lower than the number of people who could benefit. Photo: Anna-Maria van Niekerk
HIV AIDS

LEN won’t sell itself: 6 lessons from HIV prevention pills

Lenacapavir offers game-changing, twice-yearly protection against HIV, but South Africa's experience with prevention pills proves an effective medicine won't sell itself. Here…

  • Refiloe Motaung
10 min read
Maladministration: It is a sad indictment of the brave efforts of the 1976 cohort of students that in 2026, those who come after them have to cross rivers to get to school.
SOWETO UPRISING

The unfinished business of freedom

Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, connecting the struggles of 1976 to contemporary challenges in South Africa, including…

  • Kholeka Gcaleka
9 min read