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Bridging generations: how young RX Radio advocates are shaping disability awareness

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Bridging generations: how young RX Radio advocates are shaping disability awareness

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Food systems hold slender but firm place on finance-focused COP29 agenda

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Food systems hold slender but firm place on finance-focused COP29 agenda

By Adèle Sulcas

Fort Hare murders — alleged mastermind Isaac Plaatjies refused bail again, State cites death threats

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Fort Hare murders — alleged mastermind Isaac Plaatjies refused bail again, State cites death threats

By Estelle Ellis

Gauteng health department faces growing scrutiny amid leadership crisis and damning auditor-general's report

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Gauteng health department faces growing scrutiny amid leadership crisis and damning auditor-general's report

By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight

Hundreds march for longer supply of antiretroviral medicine

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Hundreds march for longer supply of antiretroviral medicine

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Residents save oldest bridge in Gqeberha as protest and pleas finally pay off

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Residents save oldest bridge in Gqeberha as protest and pleas finally pay off

By Estelle Ellis

Makana on its knees as water and sewage services all but collapse amid broken equipment crisis

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Makana on its knees as water and sewage services all but collapse amid broken equipment crisis

By Estelle Ellis

SA’s commitment to ending Aids by 2030 demands addressing stigma at all levels

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SA’s commitment to ending Aids by 2030 demands addressing stigma at all levels

By Eva Kiwango

From Bogotá to Langa and back — Our journey to open streets

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From Bogotá to Langa and back — Our journey to open streets

By Marcela Guerrero Casas & Mzikhona Mgedle

Rural roads are lifelines – a call for change in the Eastern Cape

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Rural roads are lifelines – a call for change in the Eastern Cape

By Tinotenda M Muringani and Alana Potter

‘Humanitarian crisis’ — Residents protest at water cuts as Joburg Water says it’s ‘stepped up our game’

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‘Humanitarian crisis’ — Residents protest at water cuts as Joburg Water says it’s ‘stepped up our game’

By Julia Evans

Mpumalanga’s special needs learners face education and boarding crises

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Mpumalanga’s special needs learners face education and boarding crises

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Two floods later, Nelson Mandela Bay metro still clings to drought’s punitive water tariffs

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Two floods later, Nelson Mandela Bay metro still clings to drought’s punitive water tariffs

By Estelle Ellis

UN rapporteur Mary Lawlor highlights women’s voices amid human rights struggles in South Africa

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UN rapporteur Mary Lawlor highlights women’s voices amid human rights struggles in South Africa

By Naledi Sikhakhane

NICD links over-the-counter probiotic to bacteraemia outbreak in Gauteng and North West

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NICD links over-the-counter probiotic to bacteraemia outbreak in Gauteng and North West

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

‘How much more blood must be spilt,’ Palestinian activists ask, amid enforcement of ICC arrest warrants doubts

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‘How much more blood must be spilt,’ Palestinian activists ask, amid enforcement of ICC arrest warrants doubts

By Lerato Mutsila

Minister promises immediate action on NMB fuel price when harbour repaired

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Minister promises immediate action on NMB fuel price when harbour repaired

By Estelle Ellis

SA border security tightened up as festive travel season looms

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SA border security tightened up as festive travel season looms

By Lerato Mutsila

Navigating the bridge to hope: how playful learning empowers HIV patients in Pretoria

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Navigating the bridge to hope: how playful learning empowers HIV patients in Pretoria

By Thalyta Swanepoel

A call for urgent action in navigating the complex landscape of long-acting HIV medications

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A call for urgent action in navigating the complex landscape of long-acting HIV medications

By Francois Venter

Power struggle

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Power struggle

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS