How much sugar do you drink?
Half a litre of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar – almost the entire recommended daily sugar allowance. But fruit juice is as bad.
#QuarantineChronicles: Departure & distrust
South Africans in Wuhan are set to come back home on Friday, but our secret journaller has a few final thoughts to share in...
Cruel dilemma: To terminate or not to terminate
The joy of motherhood is killed by a moral and ethical dilemma when doctors advise termination of a pregnancy.
Tales from Trumpland: Health workers will be forced to bury aborted fetal tissue
In the war on women's bodies, the casualties stretch far beyond US' 50 states.
Ageing and the secrets of our genes
A rare condition has caused this man’s body to age at super speed. Why?
‘I’ve taken control of my life by taking the HIV prevention pill’
A revolutionary antiretroviral prophylaxis is helping all people, no matter their sexual orientation. A cheaper generic will soon be on the shelves.
Ndua’s stove keeps a lid on cholera in Kenya
Women said they couldn't afford to boil water and cook, so a local inventor rolled up his sleeves.
Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us
Climate change and air pollution could be conspiring against the continent, and fuelling new levels of death and disease.
PrEPing young women for the HIV prevention pill
This tablet can help to protect the country's young women from contracting HIV.
This is what life is like in the world’s last country to ban slavery
Photojournalist, Seif Kousmate, photographed and interviewed current and former slaves in Mauritania and got imprisoned by police in the process.
Kibera’s ‘flying toilets’ flushed out by peepoo bags
Peepoo bags and drop-off points give those living in Nairobi's Kibera a hygienic and safe solution to dealing with human waste.
Could self-defence classes help rape survivors overcome PTSD?
When class is in session, would-be "attackers" lunge at women in mock muggings. For survivors, classes can be triggering... but that might be the...
[From our archives] The boys who lost their manhood
During this initiation season, we look back at what happened in 2013 when bungled initiations cost boys their penises.
Do single people wind up dead sooner in South Africa?
A recent article suggested that single South Africans can live longer by getting married, based on Statistics SA mortality data.
Plant, pick, pack: Finding Mpumalanga’s missing fruit pickers
In this province, the agricultural and mining sectors draw thousands of workers each year – and then they disappear. Here’s why we need to find them.
Pandemic politics: Community health workers gear up to fight COVID-19 with little protection,...
Around the world, SARS-CoV-2 has stopped everyday life dead in its tracks. The virus has also scratched open old wounds between the health department...