Bells and Whistles: Cycling for Safety
WATCH: Tebogo Mmazwi takes bicycle safety so seriously that he has now become famous for his hard-to-miss bike.
Innovating in the fight against trafficking
From the simple use of cellphones, to the galactic potential of satellites, innovators and activists are hot on the tracks of traffickers worldwide.
Plates over Pills
WATCH: meet the doctor using her garden as her prescription pad.
Lean: South Africa’s codeine addiction
WATCH: an estimated 600,000 South Africans are addicted to this opiate, often disguised in soft drinks and promoted by rappers and singers.
Women’s Backstreet Choices
WATCH: Health-e’s documentary on the abortion stigma women face every day in South Africa.
WATCH: Strokes and Stigma
Health-e’s three-part Checkpoint documentary on strokes and stigma in South Africa.
Tips for Whistleblowers
WATCH: Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga, the head of the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), shares tips on whistleblowing for healthcare workers.
Land equality
WATCH: how dignity is being restored to previously-evicted farm workers in the Free State
Rolling with the punches
WATCH: how boxing empowers Johannesburg’s under-resourced youth
Stroke of depression in South Africa
Ten South Africans suffer a stroke every hour. Yet many blame the affliction on witchcraft and isolate stroke survivors – who are already battling because of the dire shortage of rehabilitation facilities.
How much sugar is in your drink?
Watch this demonstration to find out how much sugar you are consuming unknowingly when drinking your favourite sugary drink.
Hypertension? Drink Blackjack Tea
WATCH: how a simple weed can help lower your high blood pressure levels.
What is our cultural food?
WATCH: Vox pops looking at the foods South Africans define as cultural.
Kenyan youth group fights trafficking through shared economic empowerment
Kenyan youth are being trafficked, largely to Qatar, under false promises of job opportunities. A grassroots youth group in Mathare is coming together to find alternatives.
VIDEO: Hungry for Education
This is Kabelo and Keabetswe’s story about how a daily feeding scheme impacted their ability to perform at school.