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Could the NHI fuel anti-immigrant sentiment?
There is no government deadline. In fact, nothing exists outside of a fake flyer circulating on social media warning foreigners they will be arrested,...
I’m a drug addict – harm reduction saved my life
South Africa's National Drug Master Plan recognises drug dependence as a chronic disease, and recommends harm reduction strategies, but police still follow the 1992...
‘They’re in the wind’: How US cuts pushed trans people out...
“Can I be honest? That is the start of a horror movie.”
Leigh-Ann van der Merwe, a transgender activist and one of South Africa’s gender...
The nicotine Wild West: How South Africa birthed the next generation...
Somewhere around 2012, electronic cigarettes began popping up in shops across the country. It was a nicotine-infused Wild West: an open market for slick...
‘The law is clear’: Sasha Stevenson fights back as vigilantes try...
SECTION27’s offices are situated on De Korte Street in Braamfontein, a stone’s throw from the University of the Witwatersrand’s main campus and more or...
Why storms that happened every 50 years are hitting more often
The weather is good for small talk. But it’s been making big headlines more and more often lately.
In the first five months of this...
Ebola is back, so are the double standards
Is history repeating itself – just four years after the COVID-19 pandemic – with the US demanding an Ebola quarantine camp for Americans in...
HIV prevention jab is finally here, now comes the hard part
South Africa is about to begin one of the most important HIV prevention drives in decades.
Earlier this month, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, announced the...
Somebody call Hasina Subedar, the brain behind our LEN rollout
Amidst the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out...
Ignoring men in HPV prevention no longer an option
A 40-year-old man walks into his doctor’s room with a lump in his throat. He doesn’t smoke. He barely drinks. He has no family...
