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Granny, why can’€™t I go to school?

Endinako Ngxangashe (3) sits at her grandmother’€™s feet, intensely following her every move. She innocently asks her grandmother No-andile Ngxangashe’€™s (55) why she no longer goes to school. Ngxangashe’€™s candidly looks at her granddaughter and smiles.

Red tape keeps kids in limbo

Young children from an impoverished Cape Town community are spending their days on the street as bureaucracy hampers their access to safety and early education.

Whoonga dealers are peddling poison

Those peddling Whoonga, the deadly drug sweeping through KwaZulu-Natal townships, should face murder charges as they are deliberately poisoning people.

Why, when and how men rape

An article published in SA Crime Quarterly reports on the findings of research conducted to try and establish from men why they rape.

Behaviour increases HIV in youth

Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.

Behaviour increases HIV in youth

Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.

Behaviour increases HIV in youth

Teenagers say they know all they need to know about HIV/AIDS, yet they often fail to make the right decisions to protect themselves.

DOH: Enough flu vaccines

There will be no flu vaccine shortages this year, according to the national health department.

Report warns against repeat of baby deaths

An investigation into the deaths of six babies at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital last year warned that there was a very real danger of this tragedy repeating itself.

Ending hunger to reach MDGs

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’€™s Fund (UNICEF) have committed to working together to reduce child stunting in Eastern and Southern Africa in an effort to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

‘€œWhoonga’€ culprits arrested

Three men, accused of stealing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to produce ‘€œwhoonga’€ ‘€“ a highly addictive drug – have been arrested in separate incidents.

‘€œWhoonga’€ culprits arrested

Three men, accused of stealing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to produce ‘€œwhoonga’€ ‘€“ a highly addictive drug – have been arrested in separate incidents.

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