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Unconscionable: Health workers’ right to refuse abortions vs women’s right to choose
When religion trumps science in medicine, women's bodies and Constitutional rights may be caught in the crossfire.
Why it could cost less than R120 per year to save a life
Maternal deaths in developing regions would fall by 73% if all women had access to contraception and maternal healthcare, shows new research.
Missing medicines and missing money: Why a bigger crisis looms in North West
Provincial medicine shortages may be just the beginning.
Meet the nurses fighting on the front lines — with no ammunition
Public health systems are driven by nurses. Yet, they have little authority.
Why people failing to take their TB treatment should not be jailed
It's World TB Day. Here's why human rights and TB responses go hand in hand.
‘Imali yeqolo’: Really, Gigaba? Women fall pregnant to get child support grants?
Gender activists are outraged by the former finance minister’s side comments on government grants during his budget speech.
Why taking back the power starts with you and your vagina
Want to advocate for your uterus? Here are six ways you can do it.
Did government waste R127-million on a condom no one wanted?
Activists warn new data shows government may have invested millions into the wrong female condom and may be on the verge of doing it again.
Redefining risk: When it’s okay to be HIV-positive and have sex without a condom
HIV-positive people who have very low levels of HIV in their blood can’t sexually transmit the virus. Here’s what it means for you & SA.
This is why some rapists will never face justice
For survivors, any hope of justice depends on the presence of doctors and forensic nurses. The catch? These are few and far between.
In the future, a simple ring could protect you from HIV and unwanted pregnancies
A vaginal ring could one day offer women dual protection against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. Unless this happens.
Abortion: Government to get tougher on doctors with moral objections
Draft guidelines will look to balance a doctor or nurse's right recuse themselves from performing abortions with a person's right to choose.
We’re launching new medical schools but will we have jobs for their graduates?
The future of South Africa's doctors rests on provincial purses.
Stuttering blues: The cadence of social anxiety and identity
He is a father, husband and businessman but the one thing that defined his social existence also taught his daughter an important lesson.
#LifeEsidimeni: Why seemingly good people came to do very, very bad things
At least 141 mental health patients. As officials take the stand as part of arbitration hearings, a disturbing thread runs through their testimonies.
Khwezi speaks: ‘I did not do it to win. I was just fighting for...
In a new book, Redi Tlhabi reveals the woman behind the pseudonym and the price she paid for pursuing justice after accusing Jacob Zuma of rape.