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Tanya Farber is the senior science reporter for the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE.

Stellenbosch University is considering closing one of its residences. File photo.

SAHRC finds against Stellenbosch University regarding only-English policy

Stellenbosch University violated the rights of Afrikaans-speaking students when it said they could only speak English in certain residences during their welcoming period in 2021, says the South African Human Rights Commission.

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Dutch kitesurfer dies in horrific accident in Muizenberg, Cape Town

The year has ended tragically for a Dutch kite surfer who got swept up in heavy winds pelting Cape Town on the last day of 2022.

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Parents, guardians and caregivers are being urged to vaccinate children against measles. File image

Growing South African measles outbreak sees cases climb to 297

The number of measles cases being detected across South Africa is rising daily.

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The KwaDukuza municipality plans to house all people affected by the April floods in temporary residential units before Christmas. File photo

Collective action or collective suicide: Lancet report warns of climate deaths

As delegates head off to COP27, kicking off in Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday, the health community has thrown down the gauntlet.

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The Sunday Times front page ahead of Women's Day in August 2022.

WOMEN'S DAY | Why should a woman risk her life because she needs to use the bathroom?

This Women's Day, thousands of families across the country are still caught in a web of grief at the loss of loved ones who died simply for being women.

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Snacks sold at a street market in Wuhan, China. File photo.

Earliest known cases of Covid-19 originated in a wet market in Wuhan

An international team of 18 researchers has confirmed that the first cases of Covid-19 originated in a wet market in Wuhan, China.

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Bullying no longer ends when the school bell rings.

Children in SA face among the worst bullying across the globe — report

Levels of bullying, victimisation and school violence in SA are among the highest in the world, placing a heavy burden on mental health of children according to the latest Child Gauge.

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Bullying no longer ends when the school bell rings.

Silence and pitfalls in services: Child victims of crime left out in the cold

The recent harrowing crime stats showed an increase in the first three months of this year of more than 37% when it comes to the murder of children.

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Chances of finding 60 missing KZN flood victims virtually nil

While KwaZulu-Natal has been thrown into turmoil by a fresh bout of flooding that has already claimed one life, thousands are still reeling from the April disaster and trying to pick up the pieces of their homes and lives.

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Most new Covid-19 infections are from Gauteng (54%) followed by KwaZulu-Natal (25%). File photo.

Quick uptick in Covid-19 cases not yet cause for concern, says NICD

The increase in positive Covid-19 tests is not yet cause for alarm, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

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The health department has urged the public to ignore a malicious social media post 'whose intent is to cause unnecessary panic and confusion, especially as the country is entering influenza season'.

Children aged 10 to 14 have highest rate of positive Covid-19 tests

The highest Covid-19 positivity rate is now among children between 10 and 14, health minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa and the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus, at Genadendal in Cape Town on February 11 2022.

Ramaphosa meets head of WHO for talks on Africa's bid to combat Covid-19

President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus to his official residence at Genadendal in Cape Town on Friday.

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Sahpra CEO Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela

New jab on the vaccine block: Sinopharm registered by Sahpra

South Africans have become familiar with the Pfizer-BioNTech (known as the Comirnaty vaccine) and Johnson & Johnson vaccines which, to date, are the only vaccines rolled out against Covid-19 in the country.

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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu into St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on December 30 2021, followed by Tutu's widow Leah, centre left.

Tutu’s body escorted into cathedral by daughter Thandeka

The body of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrived at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday in a plain wooden coffin.

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The number of Covid-19 infections in the Western Cape is expected to rise rapidly as the province officially enters the fourth wave. File photo.

Western Cape has officially entered fourth wave of Covid-19 as numbers rise

The Western Cape has officially entered its fourth wave of Covid-19 infections.

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