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If you visit Mukuru kwa Reuben (Mukuru for short) on the southern edge of Nairobi, the guide you want is Francis Mukiri Muthoni, aka...

Twenty-nine. That’s how many babies died in public hospitals in South Africa every day in 2024 before they were one month old, figures from...

There is no government deadline. In fact, nothing exists outside of a fake flyer circulating on social media warning foreigners they will be arrested,...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

Is history repeating itself – just four years after the COVID-19 pandemic – with the US demanding an Ebola quarantine camp for Americans in...

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...