Morphine

West Africa’s failed ‘war on drugs’

Article Comment Author - 2 Oct 2018

It is clear that West Africa’s drug laws are doing more harm than good, writes former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo

Death and dignity: How KZN strips cancer patients of their pride

Article Joan Van Dyk & Bhekisisa Team - 26 Mar 2018

Terminally ill patients in the province have little access to pain relief, or basic care. Here's one man's story.

Millions are denied morphine that will free them from pain

Article Fatia Kiyange - 4 May 2016

Markets, attitudes and the war on drugs are the barriers that prevent patients having access to opioid-based pain medication.

Senegal’s cancer patients: Abandoned in agony

Videos Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2013

Senegalese patients with advanced cancer have been suffering with severe pain due to morphine shortages. Human Rights Watch investigates why.

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High court refuses application to cross provinces for a funeral

Franny Rabkin - 28 Mar 2020

Despite “extreme sympathy”, court says it must uphold the law

National

Viral threat no match for Mama K’s Team 4

Lester Kiewit - 26 Mar 2020

While most of Netflix’s live-action productions have been suspended, work on Mama K’s forges on from the comfort of animators’ couches and kitchen tables

National

Under lockdown SA’s working poor is just poor

Sarah Smit - 26 Mar 2020

Last week, the International Labour Organisation warned that the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak would have a devastating effect on global working poverty