Health
Alarming rise in HIV among drug users as government fails to implement policy
Needle programs are officially supported, but the state often obstructs them
Feature | 21 October 2024
What I learned on my journey through breast cancer
In Breast Cancer Awareness Month we can all do something to help
Opinion | 16 October 2024
The health and economic costs of emissions at Kusile power plant
Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March
Science | 14 October 2024
People found chained at a private care centre
Department of Social Development is busy relocating the facility’s 20 occupants amid allegations of neglect and inhumane conditions
News | 11 October 2024
Durban picketers demand accessible mental health services
About 100 people protested outside the city hall to mark World Mental Health Day on Thursday.
Brief | 10 October 2024
Heroin use has spread as prices plummet
South Africa’s central position in a drug smuggling route between West Asia and Europe plays a role
Analysis | 9 October 2024
Joburg march to raise awareness about access to free, safe abortions
Saturday was International Safe Abortions Day
Brief | 30 September 2024
Hundreds join Cape Flats “recovery walk”
The annual event celebrating recovery from substance use started in 2015
By Tori Newby
Brief | 30 September 2024
Court postpones decision on hospital security guard strike
Labour Court to rule on Friday over Golden Security guard strike at Heideveld Day Hospital in Cape Town
Brief | 16 September 2024