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In a world increasingly more interested in personal interests, personal security, personal wealth and an increased distance from one another, what does World Social Justice Day mean?

Next year is going to be big for the world and all the humans who live in it. It’s also going to be a frightening and unpredictable year.

Set up after the first big silicosis redress settlement, the Qhubeka Trust has closed after paying over R421-million to 2,280 ex-mineworkers.

These profiles of Sbusiso and his colleague Paul Maluleke commemorate the important contribution that Sbusiso made, through the story of the Alex Water Warriors.

Two senior officials have returned to the Northern Cape Department of Health after being suspended, but the department remains without a permanent head. Opposition parties and a nursing union say the lack of leadership is having a negative effect on healthcare services in the province. Refilwe...

Diagnosing tuberculosis is difficult in people who struggle to cough up sputum samples – a particular problem in children and people living with HIV. One promising alternative is to test stool. Tiyese Jeranji unpacks the latest developments in this area.

As Maverick Citizen marks its third year of operation, we further commit ourselves to amplifying the voices of SA’s most marginalised people. 

The Northern Cape health department has been without a permanent head since July 2020, and an acting head was suspended after being arrested in August last year on charges of fraud and corruption. The Northern Cape health department has been without a permanent head since July 2020, and an acti...

‘... our review highlighted yet again the urgent need to build an equal, inclusive and just society, if there is to be lasting peace and stability’ – Report on July 2021 unrest.

The screening, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children remain far from optimal. Elri Voigt rounds up key developments in paediatric TB presented at the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health.