South Africa

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Medical experts question mayor giving platform to Patrick Holford

“Don’t follow Mbeki’s footsteps” says academic to Patricia de Lille

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News | 10 May 2016

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SA vaccination programme in trouble says the man who ran it until December

Complaints about unreliable data, staffing problems and stockouts, but Health Department denies there’s a problem

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News | 10 May 2016

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Game of thrones in Pilanesberg

Three-way battle over Bakgatla chieftainship

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News | 10 May 2016

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Children of immigrants face expulsion from Eastern Cape schools

“This decision will ruin our children" says woman from Somalia

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News | 9 May 2016

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Alide Dasnois and Independent Newspapers reach settlement

Media group withdraws allegations of racism

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News | 9 May 2016

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Taxi drivers versus Masiphumelele

Residents are boycotting taxis, while taxi drivers are vetting who goes in and out of the township

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Brief | 9 May 2016

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Councillor blamed for East London housing protest

Promised housing development never happened

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News | 9 May 2016

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Mothers’ Day for sex workers

Mothers for the Future is a programme that supports mothers who are sex workers

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News | 6 May 2016

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This simple public health intervention is cheap and saves lives

World Hand Hygiene Day focuses on promoting handwashing

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News | 6 May 2016

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Increasing access to mental health counselling in Khayelitsha

Banetsi Mphunga was all smiles when he removed the huge white cloth to unveil his revamped mobile clinic

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News | 6 May 2016

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Pensioners blockade parliament

A group of senior citizens from the Eastern Cape say they won’t stop their actions until they get the money owed to them

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News | 6 May 2016

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Court settlement reached in Tafelberg case

But dispute over future of Sea Point property 'is by no means concluded'

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News | 5 May 2016

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City replies to budget criticism

Xanthea Limberg, Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, replies to SJC's Axolile Notywala

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Right to reply | 5 May 2016

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Dagga spraying: police ‘expert’ accused of bad science

Activists and doctors question ties to agrochemical firms

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Feature | 5 May 2016

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Pietermaritzburg residents block roads, demand councillor be removed

Sboniso Majola is standing for his third term, but some of his constituents say he hasn’t delivered

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News | 5 May 2016

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Mother says she has no choice but to give up her daughter

After struggling for 13 years with two severely disabled children, she can no longer cope

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News | 5 May 2016