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People with disabilities living in Madwaleni in the Eastern Cape have difficulty accessing healthcare. Richard Vergunst

September 14, 2016

The triple vulnerability of being poor and disabled in rural South Africa

Richard Vergunst, Stellenbosch University

Poor people with disabilities living in rural South Africa are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to accessing health care.

Mining companies are keen to get to work in underdeveloped, deeply rural parts of South Africa. Shutterstock

July 10, 2016

How clearer strategy and precaution could make mining better for all

Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town and Richard Hill, University of Cape Town

Mining proposals are often hugely controversial in South Africa and can even lead to violence. Better strategic assessments based on participation and precaution would help.

Uncollected rubbish provides food and shelter for rodents which can spread plague if they pick up the bacteria. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

April 8, 2016

Explainer: understanding plague in the 21st century

John Frean, National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Plague, one of the deadliest diseases in the world, has been reported in several African countries in the past decade.

February 24, 2016

How South Africa’s media deny the country’s youth a voice

Anthea Garman, Rhodes University and Vanessa Malila, Rhodes University

Research in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, shows that many young, black and poor people do not recognise themselves or their communities in the stories they see, hear or read in mainstream media.

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Anthea Garman
Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
Ralph Hamann
Professor, Research Director, Research Chair, University of Cape Town
Vanessa Malila
Post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
John Frean
Principal Pathologist and Head of the Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Richard Hill
Retired academic, Environmental Assessment, University of Cape Town
Richard Vergunst
PhD Psychology Department, Stellenbosch University