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New leadership at South Africa's National Aids Council has a bold vision for HIV advocacy

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New leadership at South Africa's National Aids Council has a bold vision for HIV advocacy

By Thabo Molelekwa for Spotlight

Queering the pitch — SAPS gets into gender muddle on new case docket forms

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Queering the pitch — SAPS gets into gender muddle on new case docket forms

By Rebecca Davis

East London airport suspends flights for second time this month

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East London airport suspends flights for second time this month

By Estelle Ellis

Better maintenance could have reduced flooding in Nelson Mandela Bay — business chamber

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Better maintenance could have reduced flooding in Nelson Mandela Bay — business chamber

By Estelle Ellis

Residents evacuated as dams overflow, rivers burst banks in latest flooding in Kariega

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Residents evacuated as dams overflow, rivers burst banks in latest flooding in Kariega

By Estelle Ellis

Eastern Cape government ordered to revive abandoned youth employment skills programme

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Eastern Cape government ordered to revive abandoned youth employment skills programme

By Estelle Ellis

Alarming rise in HIV among drug users as government fails to implement policy

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Alarming rise in HIV among drug users as government fails to implement policy

By Jesse Copelyn

Family physicians poised for bigger role in SA public healthcare after years on the sidelines

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Family physicians poised for bigger role in SA public healthcare after years on the sidelines

By Chris Bateman for Spotlight

New laboratories to ignite a passion for science and technology in South Africa's rural classrooms

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New laboratories to ignite a passion for science and technology in South Africa's rural classrooms

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

This week in civil society – Whistle-blowers honoured, SA’s beef sector and climate change unpacked, electoral reform and democracy dissected

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This week in civil society – Whistle-blowers honoured, SA’s beef sector and climate change unpacked, electoral reform and democracy dissected

By Lerato Mutsila

Talks have started to get the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab registered in SA

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Talks have started to get the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab registered in SA

By Mia Malan

Education Minister Gwarube pleads for ‘minimal disruptions’ at schools during matric exam period

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Education Minister Gwarube pleads for ‘minimal disruptions’ at schools during matric exam period

By Victoria O’Regan

Lusikisiki massacre — Three more in court and cops seize firearms allegedly used in attack

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Lusikisiki massacre — Three more in court and cops seize firearms allegedly used in attack

By Vincent Cruywagen

Six-year-old the latest pupil rescued from pit toilet at Eastern Cape school

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Six-year-old the latest pupil rescued from pit toilet at Eastern Cape school

By Yamkela Ntshongwana and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Tygerberg hospital faces Caesarean section backlog crisis

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Tygerberg hospital faces Caesarean section backlog crisis

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

South Africa’s food security barely above Zimbabwe’s

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South Africa’s food security barely above Zimbabwe’s

By Georgina Crouth

SA's Primary Health Care model needs an urgent makeover — what’s missing from the discourse?

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SA's Primary Health Care model needs an urgent makeover — what’s missing from the discourse?

By Atiya Mosam, Sue Goldstein, Krish Vallabhjee, Tracey Naledi, and Mark Heywood

High-rises, hellholes and healthcare — Hillbrow’s heritage story

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High-rises, hellholes and healthcare — Hillbrow’s heritage story

By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight

Waste not, want not — how FoodForward SA is redistributing food and transforming lives

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Waste not, want not — how FoodForward SA is redistributing food and transforming lives

By Lillian Roberts

Kneecap — a rambunctious riot of sex, drugs and Irish hip-hop

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Kneecap — a rambunctious riot of sex, drugs and Irish hip-hop

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

SA’s unsung heroes given their flowers for unseen work that uplifts society

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SA’s unsung heroes given their flowers for unseen work that uplifts society

By Lerato Mutsila