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#SliceOfLife: This is what it’s like being a sex worker: ‘Police dragged me out...
Go inside one of the country's most dangerous jobs.
What do a herd of goats, a few cattle, and a baby have in...
Here's how northwest Kenya gets nomadic families to health services.
#SliceOfLife: ‘I opened her up and found her womb was rotten from the infection’
Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.
Showdown: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs
When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.
Pregnant? Need an abortion? Here’s where not to go
Are faith-based NGOs breaking the law when they refuse to give women information on where to terminate their pregnancies?
Acid attacks: ‘I didn’t have the money to buy justice, but I had brains...
In the wake of acid attacks, victims — often women — can feel hopeless. Now, women around the world are fighting back.
Dying of the light: How Soweto lost its only hospice
Hospice isn't just a place to die but funding cuts – and that perception – could be killing our chances of a kinder death as refuges close
#FreeToBleed: ‘A pool of blood gushed down my thighs. My white socks were red.’
Shame doesn't start when menstruation begins. It is built in slow steps.
This slashed rates of violence by 70% in some areas. Could it work in...
In many ways, violence is like cholera, passing from person to person and treating it in similar ways is working to reduce it.
Could you WhatsApp your way to better mental health?
A dearth of mental health professionals is leading some people to get creative about counselling.
‘In that moment, it was clear Bongani was destined for great things’
Late UCT Medical School dean Bongani Mayosi pioneered the response to a little known but common heart disease at home and across the continent.
If you possess these 10 qualities, you might be a good fit for a...
Scientists studied soldiers with PTSD and even children who'd witnessed a great tragedy. Did they unlock the secrets of resilience?
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.
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.
Does South Africa need a Human Rights Commission?
History repeats as old health emergencies emerge anew. Is the health ombud the person to lead fights the Human Rights Commission started?
Not a school in sight: Autistic children travel 500 km to learn
A mother's love led her to South Africa to find a school for her son with autism.