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Covid-19 and women’s invisible work
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As the pandemic continues spread, highlighting systemic inequalities across the world, women are calling on governments to include them in decision-making for the future.
Frustrated initiates ‘humiliated’ by suspended initiation schools
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The Eastern Cape, following national lockdown regulations, has suspended traditional initiation schools which means the cultural transition into manhood is deferred for ‘desperate boys’.
The terror of being pregnant in the time of Covid-19
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“I feel worried and scared. Most of the time I wonder what will happen if I get infected with Covid-19 and get not cured, what will happen to my child?” says a pregnant Pontsho Moloi.
#CoronavirusSA: No magical solution
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Critical thinking is more important now than ever as conspiracy theories and purported cures to Covid-19 run rife, writes Angelo Fick.
Motherhood woes during Covid-19
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Giving birth is a life-changing process and giving birth during an unprecedented global health pandemic is even more so. Speaking to Health-e News, new mothers share their experiences with the health system during lockdown.
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Different clinics, different readiness. Inside the first week of Gauteng’s lenacapavir rollout
My experience getting the new HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir
While there are key populations who are at a higher risk of acquiring HIV, experts say they are not the only targets, and anyone is eligible to receive LEN.
Raw sewage in Limpopo village raises fears of disease and water contamination
The sewage has polluted the Senwamokgope River, leaving residents without a reliable water source.