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Pontsho Pilane is the communications manager at Soul City Institute for Social Justice. Pilane was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from 2017 until 2019.

Find inner joy: Why this condom can take your sexual pleasure...

Tian Johnson, Pontsho Pilane, Anna Matendawafa and Mamello Sejake - 0
More than 80 countries around the world have used a simple training programme to help nurses and doctors prevent more infant deaths. Could it work in SA?

Thousands of babies die each year in SA. This could help...

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Undercover: Bhekisisa reporter Pontsho Pilane posed as a pregnant woman considering an abortion at the Amato Centre in Pretoria to learn about the pregnancy counselling it offers.

Pregnant? Need an abortion? Here’s where not to go

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Ursula Kekana is slowly overcoming her anxiety caused by her heavy menstrual cycle.

#FreeToBleed: ‘A pool of blood gushed down my thighs. My white...

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Inside 'bluetoothing's' fake high

SA needs R4-billion to fight this killer virus you may never...

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An organisation in Mozambique had to close down half of its youth clinics after it lost two-thirds of its funding because it refused to sign onto Trump’s global gag rule policy.

‘Gag Rule will slow down the fight against Aids’

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Lulama Shongwe is a University of Pretoria student. Her usual contraceptive shot has been out of stock for months: “If I cannot get Nur-Isterate on campus

Are strong-armed tactics by Big Pharma behind the country’s birth control...

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Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi expects legal push back as the country implements the second phase of universal health coverage.

Health department expects to be sued over proposed NHI changes

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Autistic children in Lesotho don't have a school of their own. Most of them

Not a school in sight: Autistic children travel 500 km to...

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[WATCH] Would you use reusable pads?

[WATCH] Would you use reusable pads?

Mia Malan, Dylan Bush and Pontsho Pilane - 0
[WATCH] Face your fear: Inside life with a menstrual cup in less than three minutes

[WATCH] Face your fear: Inside life with a menstrual cup in...

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End of the road: Ntombizodwa Matthews was wheeled put of Mafikeng Provincial Hospital in April because the facility had no staff to care for her. A month later she was buried.

Who killed Ntombizodwa Matthews? Politics, protest & corruption in the North...

Mia Malan, Pontsho Pilane, Joan van Dyk and Laura López González - 0
From Johannesburg to Mahikeng

Why is this 290-bed North West hospital catering for just 19...

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“[The female officer] was going to teach all the 'prostitutes' a lesson. The male police officers grabbed those ladies so the lady could force the [used] condoms into each lady’s mouth

One in three sex workers surveyed report being sexually abused by...

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Fewer pregnant women in South Africa die during pregnancy and giving birth or soon thereafter compared with 2009 – but the country’s maternal mortality ratio needs to be cut in half by 2030 if it wants to meet United Nations goals.

Giving birth has become less dangerous in South Africa

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Natalie Lewis believes if the health department investigated her mother's death this could have prevented 180 people from dying from listeriosis.

#Listeriosis: Meet the family that lost two loved ones

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