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Hypnosis is not just about making you cluck like a chicken
The truth is, the phenomenon is not the mystical and magical art many assume it is.
Farmworkers: No gloves, no masks, no water
The Collective of African Workers, a grassroots organisation campaigning for an end to the shanty towns in one of Spain's most important farming regions.
Villagers flock to take HIV tests
As a result of an NGO in the Eastern Cape using incentives to encourage people to check their status, HIV testing has tripled in four villages.
Dental work’s a kick in the teeth
Many dental assistants in private practices are paid very little and have to do menial tasks.
Sick miners are ‘left with nothing’
Miners with silicosis and TB are entitled to a small payout, but don't claim because they are kept in the dark about their rights.
They suffer the cruelty of our care
SA society continues to betray traumatised young women who spiral into a life of drugs and abuse.
Mother and child health must improve
Increasing access to health services will prevent many mothers and newborn babies from dying.
Online drugs a big turn-off
Despite the risks, many South Africans continue to buy black market aphrodisiacs over the internet.
‘You can fight if you have support’
Two young women are proving to the world that the most deadly strain of TB can be beaten.
Ebony and ivory toyi-toyi in harmony
The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital", says one doctor.
Cost of negligence claims impacting medical specialist recruitment
Medical malpractice litigation is preventing young doctors from entering high-risk fields of medicine.
How readers like you are helping flip the script on illegal abortion providers
We teamed up with readers and translators to create some of the first graphics ever on abortion in all South Africa's official languages.
Motsoaledi accused of trying to control private health prices
The director of the Free Market Foundation suggests that an inquiry into private healthcare was deceptively orchestrated by the health minister.
Silent killer: SA men unaware of hypertension
Three out of four SA men with hypertension don't know they have this condition, which is responsible for the deaths of 230 South Africans daily.
Give and take: When the profit motive clouds milk donation
Breast milk may well be an elixir for premature babies. But this ‘white gold’ can be hard to find.
Obese outnumber undernourished
There are almost two and a half times more overweight people than undernourished, with almost 30% of the global population weighing too much.