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How long do we have to wait for Dr Death to be punished?
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.
We need to talk about caving in to nyaope
Ivory Park's Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.
‘The people told me they are coming to take me away tonight’
Where traditional beliefs are more real than textbooks, treating mental illness is a balancing act for sangomas and medical doctors alike.
‘Health’ and ‘care’ play second fiddle to Free State bullying
The Free State health department has come under fire for a number of reasons. Bhekisisa visited the province ahead of elections to find out more.
Life’s precipice puts addiction into perspective
Three drug addicts tell their stories of devastation, desperation and, finally, the long road to recovery.
Autism and its uncommon angels
Dembe Ndou learned to play piano in no time at all, but simply chatting is a complex challenge.
HIV: Not one of us can say, ‘never me, never mine’
We feature four HIV positive women in their 40s who fit the profile of a typical M&G reader.
Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers
Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.
The boy who lifts Hobeni’s spirits
Sihle Batiya's luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down's syndrome in the Eastern Cape.
‘If they are raped, then so what?’
Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked.
Mothers haunted by hospital hell
Our children’s lives were lost due to the negligence of the Mpumalanga health system, say grieving mothers.
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.
Stuck in a destructive cycle of poverty and teen pregnancy
To understand Mpumalanga's teen pregnancies, look closely at the much older men calling the shots.
‘Smart drugs’ rife at universities
Students are abusing schedule six pills ahead of exams – with the help of their doctors.
Rural hospitals in terminal crisis
Accessing healthcare in this rural town has never been easy. Shortages of staff as well as medical equipment makes it difficult for this hospital to function.
A doctor born of hope
This man from rural Eastern Cape had to travel all the way to Cuba to make his dream of becoming a doctor come true. Now, he is back home and treating patients at the same hospital his mother used to sell fruit in front of when he was a boy.