Despite continued reports of abuse at Lindela, civil society could lose access to the centre - leaving detainees without crucial medical care. (Paul Botes)

Did Bosasa illegally detain kids while working for the department of home affairs?

Joan van Dyk

"The cost of this Bosasa looting has been paid by immigrants detained in inhumane and undignified conditions at Lindela", the DA says.

Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that's not the only way she made a living.

Nurse: 'I had to supplement my income. That’s when I got into sex work.'

Dylan Bush

Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that's not the only way she made a living.

Where do South Africa's c-sections happen? Find out in this interactive map by Media Hack. (Shaun Swingler)

This map lets tell you which districts have the country's highest c-section rates

Laura Grant, Media Hack

Some districts report Caesarean rates of 40%, which is much higher than the 26% national average for public hospitals.

The quest for a better life may be going virtual. (Copyright Firsthand Technology Inc. www.firsthand.com)

Gaming medicine: Virtual reality is bringing real-time relief for chronic pain

Jo Marchant

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. It’s revolutionising medicine, including the way we manage pain.

A Zimbabwean secondary school student peeps through a hole in a sack that forms the wall of a makeshift classroom. (Aaron Ufumeli, EPA)

'My family had no business selling me off for R4'

Nyasha Chingono

Think child marriages only happen in far off countries? Think again.

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Young Maasai girls leave their village near Narok to go to school. Campaigners say addressing poverty and gender-based violence in the area is vital. (Tony Karumba, AFP)

Schoolgirls in this country face compulsory tests for pregnancy, genital mutilation

Girls in Kenya’s Narok County will also be made to reveal the identities of babies’ fathers.

A mother delivers via C-section in Mozambique. In South Africa, there’s no single reason for the climbing number of such procedures in the public sector but it could be proving deadly for mothers. (Shaun Swingler)

A changing birth: What’s behind SA’s skyrocketing c-section rates?

Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?

The country's state emergency services are facing staff and vehicle shortages, leaving provinces with no choice but to outsource these critical services. (Christopher Sebela / Flickr)

Code red: Why provinces are forced to outsource ambulance services

Take a look at the results of our latest national survey of how many state ambulances South Africa has on the road.

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