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Want to write a story people won’t forget? [WATCH] this

Want to write a story people won’t forget? Watch this video

When it comes to weaving a good yarn, the devil really is in the detail.
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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.
This is how a SA toddler died at the #Bosasa-run Lindela

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 family – and could have health implications

Leaving home means leaving your friends, family and social support. But it's worse than that.

[WATCH] Is it time to buy a cloth mask?

Wearing a cloth mask won’t protect you from the new coronavirus, but it will protect those around you if you’re infected. Confused? Listen to what Salim Abdool Karim had to say in his presentation.
#AIDS2016 - It's a wrap: How medical and social solutions come together

#AIDS2016 – It’s a wrap: How medical and social solutions come together

As the conference winds down, Mia Malan tells us how medical solutions alone will not help us beat HIV.
On the road: Go inside the farm clinics making sure workers are never far from care

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.
'I became a bully because my dad abused my mom'

‘I became a bully because my dad abused my mom’

Why do children bully? We look at some of the factors that lead to this behaviour.
[WATCH] Cancer care crisis in KwaZulu-Natal

[WATCH] Cancer care crisis in KwaZulu-Natal

Find out why cancer care in KwaZulu-Natal is on the brink of collapse.
Cyril Ramaphosa lockdown coronavirus

[ICYMI] Ramaphosa: COVID-19 lockdown regulations to ease on 1 May but it’s not business...

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, addresses the nation on the measures to be taken to re-open the country and move beyond the nation-wide lockdown.
[LISTEN] Clueless about your period? There are consequences

[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.
Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?

Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?

Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.
#AIDS2016: Mia Malan tells you what to expect from this year's conference

#AIDS2016: Mia Malan tells you what to expect from this year’s conference

Bhekisisa's director and editor, Mia Malan, reflects on the last time SA hosted the conference and what to expect from this year's event.

[WATCH] Moral injury & mental health: What COVID doctors can learn from HIV

In this webinar, Bhekisisa editor, Mia Malan, is in conversation with an Eastern Cape COVID doctor, HIV physician and a psychiatrist about the mental health challenges epidemics pose to health workers.

[WATCH] Did South Africa’s COVID-19 tobacco ban work?

South Africa’s tobacco users are smoking fewer daily cigarettes these days, but it came at a cost. Spoilers – it wasn’t worth it.

[WATCH] Masks, taxis and fear: How COVID-19 has changed township life

The novel coronavirus has swept through Khayelitsha in the Western Cape — and so has the fear of contracting it.