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Amid many challenges there are also ‘major wins’ — the case of cervical cancer
SA’s CANCER STORY (Part 3)

Amid many challenges there are also ‘major wins’ — the case of cervical cancer

In recent decades we’ve seen huge advances against several types of cancer. In a still-unfolding example, South Africa’s massive HPV vaccination campaign is set to slash cervical cancer rates in the coming decades. Biénne Huisman unpacks the details in part 3 of a Daily Maverick and Spotlight special series on cancer in South Africa.
By Biénne Huisman
PLATES OF PROFIT

Who controls our food? Report exposes corporate threat to farmers, consumers, public health

By Iman Allie
Who controls our food? Report exposes corporate threat to farmers, consumers, public health
MALNUTRITION

Broken promises — how SA’s National Food and Nutrition Security Plan missed the mark

By Lillian Roberts and Iman Allie
Broken promises — how SA’s National Food and Nutrition Security Plan missed the mark
OPINIONISTA

Failure by numbers? The problems maths literacy masks in SA schools

By Linda Meyer
Failure by numbers? The problems maths literacy masks in SA schools
CARTOON

From shock to chokehold

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
From shock to chokehold
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maverick Citizen

LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’

By Lillian Roberts
South Africa’s asylum crisis is a mess of Home Affairs’ own making
OPINIONISTA

South Africa’s asylum crisis is a mess of Home Affairs’ own making

By Laura Freeman
Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot
Sponsored Content

Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot

By Department of Public Service and Administration
Independent review probes Bishops’ governance disputes over power and Pride flag
A MATTER OF PRIDE

Independent review probes Bishops’ governance disputes over power and Pride flag

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Trevor Noah shows how personal experience can guide mental health care
WELLNESS

Trevor Noah shows how personal experience can guide mental health care

By Florence de Vries
Humour helps healthcare staff cope in a way that is therapeutic
HOLDING IT TOGETHER

Humour helps healthcare staff cope in a way that is therapeutic

By Florence de Vries and Louis Bester
The names on a record sleeve tell us an important story
THE BIG READ

The names on a record sleeve tell us an important story

By Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
DRAFT DODGING

Three years, 6,000 pages, no labels: Who’s stalling SA’s food warnings?

By Thabo Molelekwa
Three years, 6,000 pages, no labels: Who’s stalling SA’s food warnings?
OPINIONISTA

Why Africa’s agricultural crisis is a matter of race, class and epistemicide

By Nazeer Sonday
Why Africa’s agricultural crisis is a matter of race, class and epistemicide
OPINIONISTA

Disaster resilience in SA depends on connecting institutions, resources and communities

By Haseena Majid
Disaster resilience in SA depends on connecting institutions, resources and communities
BIG READ

The BIG question – will the ANC make good on its prosperity promise?

By Tlou Seopa
LABOUR ABUSE

New report exposes the exploitation behind the world’s food systems workers

By Iman Allie
OPINIONISTA

Homelessness in SA persists in a policy vacuum — one varsity is acting to fill it

By Jean-Paul Pophaim
LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR

‘Parallel governance’ — Sundays River citrus farmers fill the cracks in municipal service delivery

By Victoria O’Regan and Tamsin Metelerkamp
Industry dominated at Nedlac’s sugary drinks tax discussions, new report finds
MISSING VOICES

Industry dominated at Nedlac’s sugary drinks tax discussions, new report finds

Nedlac’s Health Promotion Levy talks excluded community voices, a study has found, raising questions about transparency, evidence and the influence of business in public health policymaking.
By Lillian Roberts
XENOBAROMETER

Database of victim testimony details months of violence by March and March in Durban

By Daneel Knoetze
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

How should medicine shortages be managed in SA?

By Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight
OUTBREAK DISASTER

Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine privatisation long overdue, say farmers, experts

By Iman Allie
GROUNDUP

Children are dying in pain because SA’s palliative care is so poor — report

By Sean Christie
Rising tide of cancer diagnosis rates — inside the science, risk factors, human toll
SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 2)

Rising tide of cancer diagnosis rates — inside the science, risk factors, human toll

By Biénne Huisman
A Cape Town mother buys bread on credit to stretch her children’s grants, then spends payday settling the debt
SOCIAL (IN)SECURITY

A Cape Town mother buys bread on credit to stretch her children’s grants, then spends payday settling the debt

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Poverty´s Perfect Trap
CARTOON

Poverty´s Perfect Trap

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS
Empty desks matter: tackling chronic absenteeism in schools
EDUCATION

Empty desks matter: tackling chronic absenteeism in schools

By Mark Potterton
Online schools are growing faster than South Africa’s rules
LEARNING CURVE

Online schools are growing faster than South Africa’s rules

By Takudzwa Pongweni

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