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A lifeline denied: South Africa’s social grant system fails the most vulnerable

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A lifeline denied: South Africa’s social grant system fails the most vulnerable

By Thom Pierce

The 346 pesticides in SA that cause cancer, birth defects or worse, and the fight to keep them

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The 346 pesticides in SA that cause cancer, birth defects or worse, and the fight to keep them

By Susan Comrie and Onke Ngcuka

Life Esidimeni families urge NPA to prioritise prosecutions of Mahlangu and Manamela

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Life Esidimeni families urge NPA to prioritise prosecutions of Mahlangu and Manamela

By Lerato Mutsila

Why including pregnant women in a TB drug trial in South Africa was a big deal

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Why including pregnant women in a TB drug trial in South Africa was a big deal

By Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight

South Africans exposed to high levels of lead chromates despite legal limits - children most at risk

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South Africans exposed to high levels of lead chromates despite legal limits - children most at risk

By Jesse Copelyn

Toxic Relationship

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Toxic Relationship

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS

Nelson Mandela Bay tourism staggers under crime onslaught – calls for beachfront police unit

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Nelson Mandela Bay tourism staggers under crime onslaught – calls for beachfront police unit

By Estelle Ellis

Researchers must tell government to introduce universal basic income grant, says deputy minister

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Researchers must tell government to introduce universal basic income grant, says deputy minister

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

NHI offers an opportunity to boost primary healthcare — we must seize it

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NHI offers an opportunity to boost primary healthcare — we must seize it

By Russell Rensburg for Spotlight

Tuberculosis transmission in South Africa — do we need a new paradigm?

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Tuberculosis transmission in South Africa — do we need a new paradigm?

By Robin Wood and Linda-Gail Bekker

This week — Life Esidimeni families march for justice, tracking SA's energy profiteers, a Palestine solidarity protest

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This week — Life Esidimeni families march for justice, tracking SA's energy profiteers, a Palestine solidarity protest

By Lerato Mutsila

Tragic deaths of six Soweto children linked to lethal organophosphate poisoning - investigation ongoing

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Tragic deaths of six Soweto children linked to lethal organophosphate poisoning - investigation ongoing

By Lerato Mutsila

Unlocking the value of breastfeeding with a revolutionary approach to global health and climate action

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Unlocking the value of breastfeeding with a revolutionary approach to global health and climate action

By Tanya Pampalone

Race against time to find banned insecticides possibly linked to food poisoning deaths of 11 Soweto children

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Race against time to find banned insecticides possibly linked to food poisoning deaths of 11 Soweto children

By Lerato Mutsila and Estelle Ellis

Transforming hospital experiences – how dream rooms bring joy to young cancer patients

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Transforming hospital experiences – how dream rooms bring joy to young cancer patients

By Michelle Banda

SIU launches comprehensive investigation into Makana municipality's five-year service delivery crisis

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SIU launches comprehensive investigation into Makana municipality's five-year service delivery crisis

By Estelle Ellis

Banned insecticide found in spazas as inspectors home in on what killed 6 kids

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Banned insecticide found in spazas as inspectors home in on what killed 6 kids

By Lerato Mutsila

Nelson Mandela Bay counts flooding costs — three dead, 3,000 displaced, electricity and sewage systems down

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Nelson Mandela Bay counts flooding costs — three dead, 3,000 displaced, electricity and sewage systems down

By Estelle Ellis

Gauteng’s Amapanyaza boots-on-the-ground crime-fighting ‘is not working’

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Gauteng’s Amapanyaza boots-on-the-ground crime-fighting ‘is not working’

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Lutzville police officer out on bail after allegedly assaulting 13-year-old with a sjambok

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Lutzville police officer out on bail after allegedly assaulting 13-year-old with a sjambok

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

The Sadag story — how one woman set up a mental health helpline for the whole of South Africa

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The Sadag story — how one woman set up a mental health helpline for the whole of South Africa

By Sean Christie