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Brahman Hills Spa that offers a modern luxury experience inspired by nature. The treatment rooms are spacious, overlooking large open fields of abundant brown grass and tall trees, a slice of what paradise surely should feel like.
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Get a taste of spa relaxation and romance this Valentine’s day

A selection of luxurious spas to visit, and treatments to enjoy, in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban for couples celebrating love this month

During the height of America’s inner-city crack epidemic, a narcotics task force in Bridgeport, CT raids a crack den, arresting users, addicts and dealers. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The war on drugs is a fight with no winners

A humanitarian intervention is needed to reform a punitive system that does not produce the desired results

NAPLES, CAMPANIA, ITALY – 2020/10/20: Schoolchildren with cognitive disabilities are helped by their teachers in a classroom with social distancing during the closure of schools imposed by the COVID19 emergency. The Vanvitelli elementary school in Naples is one of the few schools that has not closed its gates so as to assist their most fragile pupils. (Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How to recognise mental illness in children and adolescents

Children are often unable to verbalise their feelings of anxiety or depression, instead presenting with physical symptoms or odd behaviour. Diagnosis and treatment is crucial to…

Screen test: The number of tests done is irrelevant if the results aren’t being processed quickly enough and no
one really knows how prepared they are until the wave hits, specialists have said. (Marco Longari/AFP)

SA accelerating towards virus peak without capacity, experts warn

Despite efforts to prepare for the worst, it is ‘very unlikely’ that hospitals will be able to cope with the onslaught of Covid-19 cases

One person has died as a result of injuries sustained when a temporary scaffolding collapsed at a concert at the Cape Town Stadium due to high winds.

Why emergency care in Africa needs to become a specialised course

Countries in Africa are in desperate need of more emergency care specialists and increased training.

Anyone who does not use a condom is at risk

If we look at the national averages of condom use, nearly every sexually active person is part of the at-risk populations.

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When the long wait for treatment turns deadly

Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.

In some trials two new approaches have eliminated all traces of blood cancers in 40% to 90% of patients who had no remaining options.

Experimental cancer drugs effective – but with drawbacks

Two emerging technologies look promising, but top oncology researchers are concerned about dangers seen during clinical trials.

TB patients don’t get life-saving drugs

Inadequate training is a barrier to successfully preventing TB infection in HIV patients.

Hope for narcolepsy sufferers

If narcoleptics could be diagnosed and treated within a year of symptoms presenting the illness’s impact could be greatly reduced.