Features

Go inside one of the country's most dangerous jobs.

Science is learning more about your vagina. So should you.

Half a litre of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar – almost the entire recommended daily sugar allowance. But fruit juice is as bad.

The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.

When this queer woman's activism put her at the centre of a village-ordered hit, a sex worker saved her life. Go behind their story of love, life, fear and solidarity in one of the most homophobic countries in the world.

Across the continent, women are helping to reimagine a sacred rite of passage in an effort to honour their cultures and spare their bodies.

Healthworkers are being attacked by Myanmar’s military — observers say it’s a tactic of war.

Ivory Park's Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.

A dearth of mental health professionals is leading some people to get creative about counselling.

Scores of women in Argentina could be facing life in prison for what health experts say are obstetric emergencies such as miscarriages.

When it comes to leadership and innovation, there's much that industrialised nations can learn.

SA's listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic's source in this feature from our archives.

Long before red flags were raised, this family fell victim to listeriosis. And this week, tragedy has struck again.

It starts with a swab but does it end with a diagnosis? Why the trickiest part of DIY HIV testing happens after the test.

Community chemists say racial profiling and gated network are putting them out of business.

The government is investing in monitoring lead levels in paint, but experts and industry groups say that there’s no plan for dealing with offenders.