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Fortification assessment — the little things put in your bread by big companies

SLICES OF LIFE

Fortification assessment — the little things put in your bread by big companies

By Lillian Roberts

‘I’m burying my child without money’ — NMU student’s death highlights wider university fatalities

CAMPUS TRAUMA

‘I’m burying my child without money’ — NMU student’s death highlights wider university fatalities

By Siyabonga Goni

Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?

BHEKISISA

Is the NHI channelling Operation Dudula’s healthcare blockades?

By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan, Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Jessica Pitchford and Thatego Mashabela

Rethinking ‘reasonableness’ — why the law must see the neurodivergent mind

DIFFERENCE AND JUSTICE OP-ED

Rethinking ‘reasonableness’ — why the law must see the neurodivergent mind

By Franaaz Khan

Monitoring people’s blood pressure in their homes leads to better control – study finds

SPOTLIGHT

Monitoring people’s blood pressure in their homes leads to better control – study finds

By Elri Voigt

A Bug in the health system

Maverick Citizen

A Bug in the health system

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS

‘No mercy’, harsher penalties sought for farmers caught buying stolen seeds

AGRICULTURE & THEFT

‘No mercy’, harsher penalties sought for farmers caught buying stolen seeds

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Biovac launches ‘state-of-the-art’ Cape Town lab to manufacture end-to-end vaccines

MEDICAL MILESTONE

Biovac launches ‘state-of-the-art’ Cape Town lab to manufacture end-to-end vaccines

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Preventing migrants from using hospitals is ‘un-South African’, says Ramaphosa

DUDULA SMACKDOWN

Preventing migrants from using hospitals is ‘un-South African’, says Ramaphosa

By Suné Payne

SA faces a Cervical Cancer crisis as a woman dies very 67 minutes

WALK THE TALK OP-ED

SA faces a Cervical Cancer crisis as a woman dies very 67 minutes

By Salomé Meyer

Two superbugs cause more than half the infections that kill newborns in Soweto

BHEKISISA

Two superbugs cause more than half the infections that kill newborns in Soweto

By Linda Pretorius and Jacques Verryn

Gen Z takes charge as activists unite to challenge authoritarianism and reshape democracy in 2025

PROTECTING DEMOCRACY

Gen Z takes charge as activists unite to challenge authoritarianism and reshape democracy in 2025

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

High court bans Dudula from blocking access to hospitals, clinics and schools

LANDMARK JUDGMENT

High court bans Dudula from blocking access to hospitals, clinics and schools

By Lerato Mutsila

Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV management programme

ANALYSIS

Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV management programme

By Nathan Geffen and Marcus Low

Dignity Down the Drain

CARTOON

Dignity Down the Drain

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

Overall cost of basic food items continues to outstrip support for SA grant recipients

FOOD BASKET CHECK

Overall cost of basic food items continues to outstrip support for SA grant recipients

By Naledi Sikhakhane

Universities forced to navigate tricky balance between cash flow and student access to education

FINANCIAL STABILITY

Universities forced to navigate tricky balance between cash flow and student access to education

By Siyabonga Goni

Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts

HEALTH IN PROVINCES

Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

UN report reveals urgent need for climate adaptation funding in developing nations

JUST TRANSITION

UN report reveals urgent need for climate adaptation funding in developing nations

By Lerato Mutsila

Middle East crisis — ‘Activists are the antibodies of a healthy society,’ says UN’s Francesca Albanese

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Middle East crisis — ‘Activists are the antibodies of a healthy society,’ says UN’s Francesca Albanese

By Mark Heywood

Unhealthy Competition

Maverick News

Unhealthy Competition

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS