The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as South Africa’s Tobacco Bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes. We ...

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After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities ...

Many mothers who work as domestic workers have to make an impossible choice: keep your job or breastfeed your child. It’s a ...

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Anna-Maria van Niekerk is Bhekisisa’s news editor. She joined the centre after six years as the managing editor of the investigative television show, Carte Blanche. Anna-Maria has an extensive career ...