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Centre turns learners green

The Delta Environmental Centre is empowering children to become more green.

Deadly steps to manhood

School holidays bring a surge in fatal circumcisions at unlicensed Eastern Cape initiation schools.

No state health for me please

Many politicians do not make use of our public healthcare system — clearly a vote of no confidence.

Helen comes full circle

By midday on Thursday DA leader Helen Zille was happy that her party was on track to make their target of receiving 15% of the national vote.

Mzansi Voters: Tumelo Kgobe

Government is are now threatening my livelihood with the introduction of this new transport system.

Bahai 101

And on the 19th day, they celebrated. Nosimilo Ndlovu offers up a crash course in one of the world’s fastest-growing religions.

Funds running out for ARVs

The 2009-10 budget for ARV provision will fall short by R1-billion if the numbers of infected people continue to grow.

Leading the Aids battle

Nosimilo Ndlovu interviewed Michel Sidibé, the new executive director of UNAIDS, the coordinating body of the United National in the global fight against HIV and AIDS.

Health budget aims to address critical challenges

Policy intervention supported in the national budget will focus both on health and on more aggressively combating the causes of ill health.

SA Medical Association head chopped:

Kgosi Letlape, the first black ophthalmologist in South Africa and former president of the World Medical Association, had led Sama since 2001.

Dismissals soar as downturn bites

The CCMA has seen a dramatic increase in the number of referrals since September and this could be a result of the "downturn" in the economy.

Where fear still lingers

Ten months after the shooting rampage, emotions are still raw in Skierlik.

Desperately seeking skills

Accounting and professional service firms are the largest recruiters, but still struggle to fill vacancies, writes Cathy Sims.

Heartbreak hospital

Thousands of babies die each year from correctable cardiac defects, writes Nosimilo Ndlovu.

Travel restrictions add to HIV stigma

Restrictions prohibiting HIV-positive people from obtaining visas or permits to travel or work abroad adds to the global stigma around HIV.

Hard life for activists

Nosimilo Ndlovu and Vicky Hill report on a UN study on human rights

A tale of buses and bling-bling

Whistles, clapping, stamping, the Nasrec Expo Centre vibrates with the sounds of young voices, singing songs vowing to "fight and kill for Zuma".

A kit that makes a difference

When Mike and Claire Carr’s youngest children were born, they became painfully aware of the growing number of missing children in South Africa.

Environmental interventions

The Gauteng Conservancy Association’s community-based approach has spread into nearly 30 conservancies in the province.

Making things run smoothly

"Our school was in a bad condition before, with pipes leaking, toilets dirty and in a poor condition."