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Call for public comment: Food and Nutrition Security Draft Policy Implementation Plan

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The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is accepting written submissions on government’s latest plan to address until 27 March.

healthe
March 23, 2015

Editorial: Decentralise treatment for drug-resistant TB

Health, Health Systems

Decentralised treatment of people with drug-resistant TB reaches more patients and is cheaper - yet government is dragging its feet to implement this approach, which it adopted as policy in 2011

kerrycullinan
March 23, 2015

Young women expelled for wearing trousers

Health, News, Our Health

Ntokozo Mathonsi, 18, says she should not have to wear a skirt to get an education. About two weeks after Ntokozo and seven other girls were suspended from an East Rand high school, the girls are back to school after the Department of Education intervened.

jamesthabo
March 23, 2015
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Duduza family battles nyaope addiction

Health, Our Health

Sheila Gumbi watched her son change before her eyes as her once sweet baby boy became increasingly aggressive. She now knows why but being able to name her son’s addiction has not given her the power to stop it.

jamesthabo
March 23, 2015

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Call for public comment: Food and Nutrition Security Draft Policy Implementation Plan

Editorial: Decentralise treatment for drug-resistant TB

Young women expelled for wearing trousers

Duduza family battles nyaope addiction

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