Jacklynne Hobbs
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<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/199502/Zim_icon.GIF" align=left>Zimbabwe’s last parliamentary election, held in 2000, transfixed the attention of the international…
Only three condoms a year for Southern African men
Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All — a conference that wrapped up in London last week — was awash with enlightening and frightening statistics. One…
Men: The final frontier in sex education
It’s not as if men are conspicuous by their absence at Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All: quite a few have braved the meeting, even though it must…
Plugging the medical brain drain
The flight of nurses and doctors from South Africa — and other African states — has long been a source of concern for the governments of these countries. And, the advent of Aids…
Balancing activism with diplomacy
It may not have had the size or cachet of the World Social Forum held earlier this year, but the recent biennial conference of the World Alliance for Citizen Participation…