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Growing up wasn’t easy for Miss Jasmine Rose Juicy, a transgender woman from the Eastern Cape. But nothing could stand in her way of becoming fabulous.

The M&G's Mia Malan spent a week in Diepsloot and spoke to rape victims, parents and councillors to understand the high rate of rape in the township.

Superbugs are fighting back and our state hospitals don’t have the right specialists or enough funding to stop more germs from becoming untreatable.

Ahead of the opening of the AIDS Conference, activists marched to draw attention to the 20 million people who still do not have access to treatment.

South Africa has enough unused doses of Pfizer vaccines to immunise half of the country’s 6.5-million children aged 12 to 17. This means matriculants will be protected as they sit their final school exams. But they’ll only be getting one dose of the two-shot vaccine.

With a pinch of salt and a dash of love, these stroke patients are getting better with the help of cake ingredients.

After 30 years of speculation about whether the three month shot makes women more likely to contract HIV, we finally have an answer.

Is South Africa breeding a nation of abusers and victims? Mia Malan interrogates why sexual violence in the country is so prevalent.

Follow the final days of an expired COVID vaccine as they await their turn in the incinerator.

A father speaks out about the terrible conditions his son died in after being removed from state-funded hospital care at Life Esidimeni.

A doctor’s race and the language they speak can play a role in the kind of care they provide - depending on their patient’s race and language.

Antibody tests are different to the PCR tests we've been using until now. But should you go for one? Watch this video to find out.

Public health experts agree with the vaping lobby that smokers need more help to quit. They disagree, however, with the industry’s argument that imposing a sin tax on vapour products will lead down a similar path as the state-sanctioned Aids denialism of former President Thabo Mbeki’s administration.

If you're a young woman, would you take a two-in-one HIV prevention pill? Mia Malan and Kevin Rebe talk PrEP and contraception.

Watch this short video if you're unsure about what to expect after you get your COVID jab.

Former Bhekisisa reporter, Amy Green, explains what the top five forms of contraception on the continent are, and why.