Thug life in the face of an epidemic

A colleague of mine was recently on hold at one of South Africa’s largest cell phone providers, Vodaworld (for an inordinate amount of time), and Shaggy’s “A little bit of [one girl] in my life, a little bit [another...

The tricky victory of 3 HIV+ women

The Constitutional Court ’s ruling in the case of NM and others versus Smith and others has aroused a significant amount of debate. Jonny Steinberg, in his Business Day column entitled “ Generous judgment instils stigma ”...

Media are missing the nuclear story

The media's attempts to have a trial involving nuclear issues conducted in the open is just a lot of hypocrisy, according to a release from Earthlife Africa.  The mainstream media has paid far too little attention to plans for nuclear power, and has bought...

Rath issue deserves analysis from media

The argument about whether or not multivitamins are as effective as antiretroviral treatment in treating HIV/AIDS-related illness is poised to rear its controversial head once again despite the fact it’s most ardent advocator, Minister of Health Manto...