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Untitled 21 (January 1st, 2020), 2021 (from the ongoing series eBhish’)

The Portfolio: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose on bringing eBhish’ home to KZN

The artist reflects on the homecoming of his exhibition, and how it interacts with the gallery and its environment

After months of negotiations, things are looking up for injecting drug users in Durban. (Yannis Behrakis, Reuters)
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Durban delays re-opening of city’s only needle exchange programme

The project’s closure six months ago forced some injecting drug users to share needles and risk infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C.

Naloxone is cheap

Saved: How drug users gained the power to reverse overdoses

Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.

Ebola has flared up again in the Democratic Republic of Congo

After Ebola: What happens when the virus fades and the NGOs — and money — leave?

Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia’s doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind.

A cancer patient receives treatment.

‘Cancer treatment in the North West is impossible’

Activists say that at least one patient has been trying to get treatment since 2013.

“In my view‚ the court must determine issues relating to the accused’s legal representation and any defence applications in relation thereto.” — Shaun Abrahams
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Durban cuts city’s only needle exchange programme

A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.

Sax player Ornette Coleman in 2007.
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The testing ground: Could an experimental vaccine save the DRC from Ebola?

The virus’ resurgence, this time in a city of more than one-million people could set the scene for a fast-spreading disaster.

Scenes from Falz’s remake of ‘This is America’ titled ‘This is Nigeria’
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One in three sex workers surveyed report being sexually abused by police

Sex workers tell of being tortured, including being beaten with sjamboks.

Reproductive medicine specialist Dr Lawrence Gobetz says unnecessary procedures may compromise your chances of falling pregnant.

Should government health schemes pay for infertility treatment?

"Women are blamed for infertility when, in fact, as we know from research, it is quite often on the man’s side.”

“Mbali is the best thing that has ever happened to us but….we’re always cognisant of the fact that she had biological mother who must have experienced incredible emotional trauma in giving her up”.
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[LONG READ]: Why do parents abandon their babies?

Women who discard their newborns feel unsupported, often by the very professionals meant to counsel them.

Protests by communities

North West: The closest working hospital may be more than 200 km away for some now

Provincial health department has been put under administration as ministerial task team is deployed to the province.

Many nurses did show up for work today at the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital

[Updated] North West: Military health services move in

Why Supra Mahumapelo may hold his fate and that of his province in his hands.

To give effect to this fundamental right, the mandates that every child’s birth must be registered with the department of home affairs. Photo: Supplied

Giving birth has become less dangerous in South Africa

But will the country be able to half its maternal mortality ratio by 2030 – in time to achieve its sustainable development goal?

Pictures of drug users injecting themselves with the blood of others have gone viral in SA.

Freak waves and HIV in Durban. What’s the link?

Misconceptions about HIV infection and injection drug use could shut down the only project working to curb it.

Undignified death: Roxanne Premchund

Death and dignity: How KZN strips cancer patients of their pride

Terminally ill patients in the province have little access to pain relief, or basic care. Here’s one man’s story.

Mahlangu was hauled before the integrity committee for her role in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of at least 144 psychiatric patients. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we’ll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

After being awarded damages, distraught families want more: the former Gauteng Health MEC must face criminal charges.

Former chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke will announce today how much the government will pay families affected by the Life Esidimeni tragedy.
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[LIVE]: Watch as #LifeEsidimeni families are awarded settlements

Catch every moment as Life Esidimeni families are told how much money they will get for the loss of their loved ones.

#LifeEsidimeni: What will the Gauteng government be forced to pay?

#LifeEsidimeni: What will the Gauteng government be forced to pay?

The families of the nearly 150 mental health patients who died in the Life Esidimeni tragedy will know today how much they will be compensated.

Remembering the dead: Mental health activists protesting outside the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings in Johannesburg.

Why aren’t government officials losing sleep over #Listeriosis and #LifeEsidimeni?

Both Life Esidimeni and Listeriosis exposed leadership cracks in our public health system. Are political leaders held accountable for their actions?

2018: The best, the worst and the weird  (Photo Archive)

Listeria outbreak over: Your polony is safe, now meet the scientists you can thank

SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.