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By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
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How science and AI can help us build safer, fairer food systems

By Manana Dlangalala and Lise Korsten
How science and AI can help us build safer, fairer food systems
South Africa

State’s interdepartmental strategy to tackle hunger hampers South Africans’ right to food — report

By Naledi Sikhakhane
State’s interdepartmental strategy to tackle hunger hampers South Africans’ right to food — report
Maverick Citizen

Stories untold – centring the voices of survivors of childhood violence and abuse

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Stories untold – centring the voices of survivors of childhood violence and abuse
Maverick Citizen

Current gonorrhoea meds might stop working, but access to new ones in SA seems a long way off

By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
Current gonorrhoea meds might stop working, but access to new ones in SA seems a long way off
Survival stories – readers share their experiences of child abuse
South Africa

Survival stories – readers share their experiences of child abuse

By Daily Maverick
Electronic death registration is a win-win for SA — let’s make it happen
Maverick Citizen

Electronic death registration is a win-win for SA — let’s make it happen

By Pam Groenewald and Debbie Bradshaw
Gaps in the safety net — breaking down state and societal protections for children
Maverick Citizen

Gaps in the safety net — breaking down state and societal protections for children

By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Kristin Engel
More than 100 displaced undocumented migrants arrested in aftermath of Addo violence
Maverick Citizen

More than 100 displaced undocumented migrants arrested in aftermath of Addo violence

By Estelle Ellis
Hunger crisis — rights group calls for state action as 23% of South Africans struggle to access food
South Africa

Hunger crisis — rights group calls for state action as 23% of South Africans struggle to access food

By Naledi Sikhakhane
From protest to policy — how to prepare student leaders for governance roles
Maverick Citizen

From protest to policy — how to prepare student leaders for governance roles

By Tebogo Mothibinyane, Cecil Bodibe and Zolile Mlisana
Defence Force refuses to fund retired officer implicated in Cradock Four inquest
South Africa

Defence Force refuses to fund retired officer implicated in Cradock Four inquest

By Estelle Ellis
Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivers 76,000 jobs in Q4 — but it’s a drop in the ocean
South Africa

Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivers 76,000 jobs in Q4 — but it’s a drop in the ocean

By Lerato Mutsila
Understanding shingles: Risks, vaccination gaps, and the quest for better health solutions
South Africa

Understanding shingles: Risks, vaccination gaps, and the quest for better health solutions

By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
SA food system ‘is not broken’ — there is a lack of will to ensure food security
South Africa

SA food system ‘is not broken’ — there is a lack of will to ensure food security

By Naledi Sikhakhane
Single mom and Cape Town activist Yumna Alexander gives adults a second chance through night schools
Maverick Citizen

Single mom and Cape Town activist Yumna Alexander gives adults a second chance through night schools

By Siyabonga Goni
Are children living with HIV being left behind? Here’s what the stats tell us
Maverick Citizen

Are children living with HIV being left behind? Here’s what the stats tell us

By Elri Voigt
Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also exacerbate diabetes, cervical cancer and depression
South Africa

Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also exacerbate diabetes, cervical cancer and depression

By Zano Kunene
Data drought: How funding losses are compromising South Africa's HIV response efforts
South Africa

Data drought: How funding losses are compromising South Africa's HIV response efforts

By Ida Jooste
Constitutional rights for children: An urgent call for early childhood development in South Africa
South Africa

Constitutional rights for children: An urgent call for early childhood development in South Africa

By Nobukhosi Zulu-Taruza, Tess Peacock, Nurina Ally, Cameron McConnachie, Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf and Mmatsetshweu Ruby Motaung
Ten unacceptable facts about hunger in South Africa on World Hunger Day
South Africa

Ten unacceptable facts about hunger in South Africa on World Hunger Day

By Stephen Devereux, Busiso Moyo and Mark Heywood

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Maverick Citizen

Empty promises, empty stomachs — South Africa’s hunger emergency

By Scott Drimie and Kennedy Dzama
Empty promises, empty stomachs — South Africa’s hunger emergency
South Africa

SA children say they really like to read, despite dismal reading test results

By Laura Grant and Ro Manoim
SA children say they really like to read, despite dismal reading test results
South Africa

A wake-up call for education: Lessons from Peru's successful literacy reform journey

By Laura Grant and Ro Manoim
A wake-up call for education: Lessons from Peru's successful literacy reform journey
Maverick Citizen

Heavy-handed

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
Heavy-handed
South Africa

Unpacking obstetric violence in Africa, World Hunger Day discussion and examining NDPP appointment processes

By Lerato Mutsila
Unpacking obstetric violence in Africa, World Hunger Day discussion and examining NDPP appointment processes
South Africa

From shoplifting to watered-down formula — desperate new moms and SA’s malnutrition crisis

By Lillian Roberts
From shoplifting to watered-down formula — desperate new moms and SA’s malnutrition crisis
Empowering Africa: How education and AI can transform our food systems for the future
Africa

Empowering Africa: How education and AI can transform our food systems for the future

By Kurt Ackermann
‘Vetting crisis’ — thousands of Gauteng scholar transport drivers not screened against offenders list
South Africa

‘Vetting crisis’ — thousands of Gauteng scholar transport drivers not screened against offenders list

By Takudzwa Pongweni
SA should ditch its woefully inequitable and expensive American health system
Maverick Citizen

SA should ditch its woefully inequitable and expensive American health system

By Robert Yates
Nursing in South Africa: A passionate calling under siege by budget cuts and safety risks
South Africa

Nursing in South Africa: A passionate calling under siege by budget cuts and safety risks

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
Rural nonprofit boosts fight against gender-based violence and femicide scourge in Eastern Cape
South Africa

Rural nonprofit boosts fight against gender-based violence and femicide scourge in Eastern Cape

By Naledi Sikhakhane
From apartheid silence to today’s hatred – shame on the politicians
South Africa

From apartheid silence to today’s hatred – shame on the politicians

By Mike Ndlovu

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Home Affairs sent back to drawing board on Refugees Act after legal setback
South Africa

Home Affairs sent back to drawing board on Refugees Act after legal setback

By Lerato Mutsila
Open letter to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers
Maverick Citizen

Open letter to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers

By Anna Grimsrud and Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala
Researchers probe why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and velds in SA
South Africa

Researchers probe why so many newborns and foetuses are abandoned in landfills and velds in SA

By Bhekisisa team
Minister McKenzie, your directives are morally repugnant and devoid of legal authority
South Africa

Minister McKenzie, your directives are morally repugnant and devoid of legal authority

By Civil Society Organisations
Health leaders hail adoption of WHO Pandemic Agreement which could make the world a safer place
World

Health leaders hail adoption of WHO Pandemic Agreement which could make the world a safer place

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Rates of obesity are soaring worldwide: Have we been misunderstanding the problem?
South Africa

Rates of obesity are soaring worldwide: Have we been misunderstanding the problem?

By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight

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