For a country that talks endlessly about prevention, South Africa has been oddly willing to tolerate one of its clearest, deadliest and most treatable health threats remaining…
Neither the presidency nor the department of international relations has given much detail after the ambassador’s body was found at a hotel in Paris
Lonely and isolated people are not just experiencing emotional states — these can be lethal
The death of an intern doctor exposes a dangerously unfit system, where leadership failure, policy contradictions and a disregard for human rights collide with fatal consequences
If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened everywhere
The unbearable atrocities committed by the Assad regime have been exposed, and the opposition forces in the form of the Hayat Tahrir Al Shaam are seeking to rebuild a shattered…
The joint estate of a couple married in community of property comes to an end once the marriage terminates either by the death of a spouse or a divorce
The military plane carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others disappeared on Monday
The data showed that more than half of risk policies bought last year were for funeral cover
About 60% of people in Africa lack early warning systems which could help them to better prepare for upcoming climate disasters
A World Bank study has found that the pandemic put a strain on healthcare workers, which affected the health system
A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration
Without government support, recognition and policy, the forensic anthropologist’s contribution is limited
Having explored the fear of life and death in the first two novels, Steve Toltz’s third novel delves into public opinion
The policy is to cremate deceased infants but Bulawayo Hospital’s incinerators are not working
Infants younger than one year in Africa have nearly five times the risk of death than those aged 15 to 19 years after contracting the virus
A study by the World Health Organisation found that there was a 66% surge in new Covid-19 cases during the past week in South Africa
Through Umhlobo Wenene’s ‘Imiphanga’, writer Lidudumalingani remembers his mother connecting with the pain of others
The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave
Christopher Duntsch’s surgical outcomes were so outlandishly poor that Texas prosecuted him for harming patients. Why did it take so long for the systems that are supposed to…
