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Pandemics: A social justice issue

Article Ayesha Jacub - 25 Mar 2020

Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach

Safeguarding social justice in a time of social distance

Article Open Letter - 22 Mar 2020

People who are self-isolating — the middle and upper class, especially — must take care not to endanger other lives in the process. We must all be human to the humans around us

Changing our world requires insubordination

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Aug 2019

We need to resist the patriarchy, racism, sexism and capitalist greed that is still prevalent on the globe

UN attacks ‘ghastly’ conditions in Libya migrant detention centres

Africa Agency - 10 Jun 2019

According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April

The workforce that makes our health system work

Article Ofentse Mboweni - 10 Apr 2019

Community health workers need to be supported so that policies can be tangibly effective

Hachimoji DNA: Stirring debate

Article Donrich Thaldar, Bonginkosi Shozi & Michaela Steytler - 29 Mar 2019

South African scientists need to develop health technologies that respond to our society’s most pressing needs

This kills more South Africans than any other disease. There’s a new way to stop it

Article Bhekisisa Team - 28 Mar 2019

One in four people carry this potentially deadly bug? Now a new shorter treatment can prevent it from making you sick.

A poison by any other name

Article Ellapen Rapiti - 22 Mar 2019

It is not just the person who drinks alcohol in excess who is harmed; the family suffers too

WATCH: How far is South Africa in the fight against HIV and TB? Find out.

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 13 Nov 2018

South Africa boasts the world’s largest HIV treatment programme but are provinces ready to take the lead?

Bhekisisa presents: From paper to provinces — tracking SA’s HIV/TB plan

Article Bhekisisa Team Author - 24 Oct 2018

#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.

Why this legal drug may put you at risk for a killer infectious disease

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 8 Oct 2018

That tot or two might be putting you at risk for...an infectious disease? Find out what you need to know.

Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 28 Sep 2018

When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.

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NGOs ask ConCourt to order that shops can sell baby clothes during lockdown

Franny Rabkin - 6 Apr 2020

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This lockdown will hurt my family in the stomach. We will suffer for this whole period. I don’t even know what I will do when my wife gives birth in the next two weeks

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SAB Zenzele’s special AGM postponed until further notice

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

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2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

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SAB Zenzele special AGM rescheduled to March 25 2020

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