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Why South Africa can be accused of hating its young women
Karel
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23 Nov, 2015

The extent of gender based violence in South Africa is rarely understood. It involves physical and psychological harm, humiliation, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other arbitrary deprivations of liberty - and its impact is chilling.

Review SABMiller takeover bid urges Soul City
Karel
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19 Oct, 2015

Soul City Institute for Health & Development Communication says the $106billion takeover of SABMiller will give AB Inbev access to even more cheap raw materials, labour and production processes given the discounts that will be made available to a company of this size. The same advantage will accrue to their future attempts to broker deals relating to marketing, sponsorship and manufacturing.

Tuberculosis in South Africa: Literature Review
Karel
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01 Oct, 2015

South Africa has the third highest burden of disease in the world, after India and China, with an estimated incidence of 450 000 cases of active TB in 2013, an increase of 400% over the last 15 years (WHO, 2014). An estimated 60-73% of the 450 000 incident cases have both HIV and TB infection.