BHEKISISA Purple menace – South African teens embrace codeine-fuelled DIY high 8 min 3 By Zano Kunene, Linda Pretorius and Joan van Dyk
BHEKISISA OP-ED The minister and the metaphor – a patient’s guide to legal medicine imports 6 min 0 By Salomé Meyer and Andy Gray
SPOTLIGHT IN-DEPTH Pain management in South Africa a sore point for palliative care and medical regulations 10 min 0 By Elsabé Brits
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Palliative care in a time of Covid-19: A patient’s quality of life and dignified death are paramount 7 min 0 By Desia Colgan, Nicola GunnClark and Emmanuel Kamonyo Sibomana
Maverick Citizen: Zimbabwe Op-ed Go-ahead for palliative care nurses in Zimbabwe to prescribe morphine for pain management 4 min 0 By Julieth Musengi and Eunice Garanganga
Business Maverick How American junkies fund the Taliban (and other stories from the other side of the war on terror) 4 min 0 By Richard Poplak