Health
The state of South African Sign Language
The last full week of September, which is Deaf Awareness Month, is the International Week of the Deaf. This year the theme is ‘Strengthening Human Diversity’.
Katy Scott
Feature | 26 September 2014
Why I am going to Sierra Leone to fight Ebola
It’s been a month since I applied and now it’s a matter of days until I go. I head to Europe for briefing before landing in Freetown, Sierra Leone next Tuesday.
Kathryn Stinson
Feature | 26 September 2014
Braaing on Heritage Day: you may want to ask how that beef got to your plate
You probably wouldn't sprinkle antibiotics like sugar all over your breakfast cereal every morning, even if you were sick. There is, though, a good chance that you are in effect doing something similar today on Heritage Day. The steaks you are braaing, or the chicken being grilled is likely to contain traces of antibiotics.
Nicholas Ashby
Opinion | 24 September 2014
Understanding epilepsy
Traditional Xhosa views on epilepsy clash with medical experts.
Zintle Swana
Feature | 22 September 2014
Allegations around public works programme spark protests in desperate Free State dorp
Arrive in Smithfield from any direction and the first official board one sees announces: ‘Mohokare declares war on waste’. The chief weapon in that war is a platoon of temporary workers hired under government’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) administered by local municipalities.
Carmel Rickard
News | 16 September 2014
Celebrate Global Female Condom Day
As we celebrate the second Global Female Condom Day on 16 September 2014, I join the celebrations with a wide smile and confidence, writes Nokhwezi Hoboyi.
Nokhwezi Hoboyi
News | 16 September 2014
Fighting for decent toilets in Gauteng schools
On 13 September Equal Education marched in Johannesburg for decent school sanitation in Gauteng. Brad Brockman, the organisation's General Secretary, explains the campaign.
Brad Brockman
Opinion | 16 September 2014
Week in activism
This week in activism we cover the symposium on torture hosted by the Wits Justice Project, the march by Equal Education for better sanitation for schools in Gauteng, and the ‘What if Women’ challenge by WHEAT.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 11 September 2014
RR Section’s overflowing toilets still unfixed
An unbearable smell lingers in the air of RR Section to the point where you can taste it. This is the daily struggle for Khayelitsha residents who live next to overflowing drains and toilets that still remain unfixed by the City of Cape Town.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 8 September 2014