The project says it is no longer enough to focus on Aids without looking at the bigger picture, such as the need to improve health services.
Free comic book day saw local stores joining their US counterparts in giving away comics. But will it save the flailing local industry?
Students studying medicine in Cuba are falling short on the clinical skills needed for South Africa.
National counselling and testing will take South Africa in the direction of a preventative healthcare approach.
Radiologists need to attend seminars and workshops to broaden their knowledge in specific areas.
Amendments likely to make a bad situation even worse, civil society organisations argue.
Babies will now receive nevirapine from the state for as long as they are breastfed, but hurdles remain.
Each year, over 3,5-million children under the age of five die of malnutrition, which affects one out of every three people on earth.
Fordsburg attracts many conservative Muslims. Faranaaz Parker reports.
Serving Julius Malema with a dose of his own medicine is the purpose of Steve Hofmeyr’s open letter, Skiet My Eerste, Malema.
Civil society organisations make a fresh appeal for G8 to fulfil its Aids promises.
Security clearances being conducted in some Gauteng institutions are invasive and excessive, say critics.
Prescription drug abuse is on the increase, and medical aids often fund this form of addiction. Faranaaz Parker reports.
SADC countries need to coordinate access to medical treatment for mobile populations.
Unhappy doctors threaten a go-slow, but critics say they have not explored all the available options.
The latest entry into South Africa’s growing scooter market is looking to knock your socks off with a strategically placed middle-market offering.
"Johannesburg has a lot of soul, a lot of culture, a lot of South Africa," says Azra Joosab, who moved to Johannesburg at the beginning of 2008.
The public health sector will get a shot in the arm from business, writes Faranaaz Parker.
Cup’s carbon footprint could take years to mop up, reports Faranaaz Parker.
This feel-good story — of how a Woolworths campaign gone wrong was hijacked by a web company and used to benefit an NGO — is causing waves.
Cancer plagues people living near Westonaria mine.
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A power struggle in the Methodist Church? A pre-World Cup clean-up cloaked in official hypocrisy? Or the reining in of a gung-ho cleric?
To make up for summer holiday indulgence, each January scores of people make earnest resolutions to eat well, get fit and lose weight.
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/ 22 January 2010
Sandra Laing is an unlikely heroine, whose story reflects the country’s painful past. Faranaaz Parker speaks to the director of Skin, Anthony Fabian.
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/ 23 December 2009
<em>Baldur’s Gate</em>, <em>Unreal Tournament</em> and <em>Dance Dance Revolution</em> are so 20th century.
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/ 27 November 2009
“Naked” Telkom reported that headline earnings a share had dropped by 37.9% to 242 cents for the six months ended September 30.
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/ 6 November 2009
Algal biofuels grow fast and are a great alternative to oil-based fuels, writes Faranaaz Parker.
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/ 3 November 2009
The Drivers of Change judges praised FTTSA’s certification programme, commenting that it was an innovative facility…
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/ 2 November 2009
In the run-up to the signing in August 2008 Gender Links brought together 40 NGOs in 15 countries to develop the protocol.
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/ 2 November 2009
The Drivers of Change judges praised Lupp’s commitment to policy change and service delivery to overcome poverty.
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/ 29 October 2009
Google on Wednesday unveiled a more functional version of Maps for the country.
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/ 26 October 2009
South African parliamentarians are positioning themselves to take on the climate challenge at home.