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Africans flock, rather than take flight

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Most people’s response is to flee or fight when faced with a problem, particularly an ongoing one, but in Southern Africa they work together
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Include indigenous knowledge and cultures in the curriculum to improve health

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A recent study revealed that indigenous people see the introduction of formal education as having brought ill-health
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Pairing learning with food is a winning recipe

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Much more support of homemade nutrition programmes is needed to ensure gaps are filled
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Sharing best practice key to healthy results solutions

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Healthcare workers from across Africa are working together to find last-mile solutions
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How did an otherwise healthy man with a broken leg end up dead in a hospital ceiling?

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The bizarre case from Durban is at least the second such case nationally in the last three years.
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The workforce that makes our health system work

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Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective
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Public finance is key to delivering the human right to health

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Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority
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The goal is to end GBV in its entirety!

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We need to reach out to all community stakeholders and use the influence of the community leaders to change perceptions around gender-based violence
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​AMRH Partnership Platform – Advancing medicines regulatory outcomes in Africa

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This initiative will harmonise the different interventions for maximum impact
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Bongeka Zuma

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Student, Stanford University
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This man blew the lid off the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy. Read what it taught him.

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When we got our independence, we did not ask ourselves what kind of ethics this new country needed. SA’s health ombud reflects on his first big case.
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Think you’re going to opt out of the #NHI when it comes? Think again.

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In June, the health minister released the long-awaited National Health Insurance Bill. What does it mean to you and your medical aid? We tell you.
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Stranded commuters say Ramaphosa’s rail promises ring hollow

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Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion
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National

Focus on FW de Klerk distracted attention from the troubling state of the nation

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Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
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National

Eastern Cape MEC orders graft investigation after two workers killed at troubled district municipality

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The killing of two council workers at the Amathole district municipality appears to be linked to tender fraud and corruption
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Press Releases

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

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Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
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Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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Most people’s response is to flee or fight when faced with a problem, particularly an ongoing one, but in Southern Africa they work together

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