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[LISTEN] This mom became a sex worker and her daughter is fine with it
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There's nothing sinister about it.
This is how an SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela
Find out what you need to know about Bosasa’s alleged corruption in just minutes with our Joan van Dyk.
Leaving home means leaving family – and could have health implications
Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it's worse than that.
On the road: Go inside the farm clinics making sure workers are never far...
They're not only good for workers' health, they're good for business too.
[PODCAST] Old rites, new ways: How traditional healers were able to diagnose more patients...
Medical doctors and traditional healers often struggle to trust each other. But in this rural KZN community they learned how to work together.
Nurse: ‘I had to supplement my income. That’s when I got into sex work.’
Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that's not the only way she made a living.
[WATCH] All the ways the world polices sex
The Swedish model, legalisation, decriminalisation — does the sex work debate leave you confused? Look no further.
Watch this man’s amazing transformation after he kicked heroin with the help of this
When people with diabetes inject insulin, we don't see that as an addiction. So why is opioid substitution therapy considered one?
See what the world’s largest HIV programme is planning
Our Laura Lopez Gonzalez takes you inside SA's national HIV and TB plan in just two minutes.
[WATCH] Would you use reusable pads?
Reusable pads are cheaper and better for the environment, but are you willing to try them?
[WATCH] Face your fear: Inside life with a menstrual cup in less than three...
Bleeding every month is a costly affair. Pads and tampons cost a person R40 000 in their lifetime. Here's a way to get round the price.
[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences
It may come round every month, but a lot of us still don't know how our menstrual cycle works, says reproductive health doctor, Tlaleng Mofokeng.
[LISTEN] Why are women in ‘blesser-like’ relationships more likely to contract HIV?
Reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng explains to Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan why age-disparate relationships make women more vulnerable to HIV.
[WATCH] What is compelled rape?
Sonke Gender Justice's Ariane Nevin explains the difference between rape and compelled rape and how the law treats it.
Blessers and blessees: Why do we have so many?
Bhekisisa editor Mia Malan asks reproductive health doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng why older men prey on younger women.
[LISTEN] How (not) to clean your vagina
Our Mia Malan speaks to medical doctor Tlaleng Mofokeng about how to stay happy and healthy down there.