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Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision.

Cut and mistrust

Traditional leaders are resisting plans to introduce medical circumcision. Mia Malan reports.
More women than men get tested. According to Sanac this may be because women go for a test when they fall pregnant.

Take2: Winds of change sweep SA healthcare

Professors Hoosen Coovadia and Salim Abdool Karim, two of SA's foremost HIV researchers, were recently the health department's greatest enemies.
Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.

Nehawu lashes SA Medical Association

Nehawu: The South African Medical Association should get a better grip on OSD negotiations and keep its affiliate members.
The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital"

Ebony and ivory toyi-toyi in harmony

The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital", says one doctor.

Doctors use a torch to do operations

"This year we've been running out of simple things, such as Panado," says one doctor.