The data showed that more than half of risk policies bought last year were for funeral cover
About 60% of people in Africa lack early warning systems which could help them to better prepare for upcoming climate disasters
A World Bank study has found that the pandemic put a strain on healthcare workers, which affected the health system
A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration
Without government support, recognition and policy, the forensic anthropologist’s contribution is limited
Having explored the fear of life and death in the first two novels, Steve Toltz’s third novel delves into public opinion
The policy is to cremate deceased infants but Bulawayo Hospital’s incinerators are not working
Infants younger than one year in Africa have nearly five times the risk of death than those aged 15 to 19 years after contracting the virus
A study by the World Health Organisation found that there was a 66% surge in new Covid-19 cases during the past week in South Africa
Through Umhlobo Wenene’s ‘Imiphanga’, writer Lidudumalingani remembers his mother connecting with the pain of others
The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave
Christopher Duntsch’s surgical outcomes were so outlandishly poor that Texas prosecuted him for harming patients. Why did it take so long for the systems that are supposed to police problem doctors to stop him from operating?
Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby Itno, in power for three decades, died Tuesday of injuries while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country
The biggest rivalry in SA football has also been the deadliest, with 87 people losing their lives in violence and stampedes at different stadiums. Yet those responsible are never held to account
After the deaths of three employees who got trapped in a control room, workers allege that management frequently coerces them to bypass health and safety procedures
Khusela Diko’s brother has confirmed the passing of her husband, the Bhaca chief Thandisizwe, and says she is on her way to the Eastern Cape
Researchers of a new study hope policymakers will consider the health benefits of alternative energy solutions
The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus
In his announcement, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the late minister ‘a life-long champion of freedom and democracy’
Most of the coronavirus deaths were in Peru, Brazil, India, Mexico, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Italy and the United States
DOOM collaborator Stahhr shares game from the masked villain and how they crafted some of hip-hop’s dopest songs
The air force pilot and former president used extreme measures, including a coup, enforced ‘discipline’ through executions, ‘disappearances’ and floggings, but reintroduced democracy
Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
In this poetic commentary on Dathini Mzayiya’s video portrait of Miriam Makeba, Lindokuhle Nkosi inscribes moments of death, spiritual calling, sorrow and exile born by Makeba, during her singular and passionate life
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
The way Covid-19 death facts are reported (age and comorbidities) reflects how old people and those with chronic conditions are valued. Scientifically there’s an argument for this, but morally it’s troubling
The bizarre case from Durban is at least the second such case nationally in the last three years.
The magistrate found enough evidence that the baby died as a result of injuries inflicted by the police.
Justice does not always serve fairness and the Momentum debacle raises the issue of good faith
‘He had beauty in him and perhaps more than just a little darkness’
Life had to start for Refilwe Leso in the throes of tragedy