The level of rape in South Africa is comparable to a war zone. Health-e's Izwi Lami campaign allows survivors to share their voices, access counseling services and campaign for change, all through a free SMS conversation.
Activists warn against the normalisation of the sugar daddy or blesser culture, where girls are lured into sex in exchange for material goods, bringing them closer to trafficking.
Naeemah is a survivor of sexual violence. This is her story of fighting back.
Health-e's anti-rape campaign invites rape survivors to share their stories, contact counselling services and campaign for packages of care.
Health-e reported on medical neglect in the Eastern Cape nearly two years ago. Rural grandmothers say little has changed.
Many South Africans don't earn enough to afford healthy foods and end up with 'lifestyle' diseases like diabetes. Noma-Afrika is a domestic worker whose story illustrates that inequality permeates our diets too.
SA’s grandmothers are breadwinners in their old age, and their inability to access decent healthcare quickly impacts on their children, grandchildren and their entire communities.
A production by the National Children’s Theatre brings to light the shocking normalisation and risks of the pervasive blesser-blessee phenomenon in South Africa writes Kim Harrisberg.
Around 32,000 children are infected with MDR-TB (multi-drug resistant tuberculosis) every year.
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