The great billion dollar drug scam | by Khadija Sharife

by | Oct 13, 2011

Alongside pneumococcal diseases such as meningitis and pneumonia,rotavirus-related diarrhoea is a primary childhood killer in developing countries, thought to snuff out the lives of 500,000 children each and every year. An overwhelming 85 per cent of these children...

The unemployed’s voices | by Amandla! editorial staff

by | Oct 17, 2011

‘I just feel dead now because I cannot contribute anything towards my wellbeing and that of my family.’ Discouraged, marginalised and disheartened, the unemployed in South Africa seem to have lost the very hope necessary to look for the next work opportunity. Their...

Letters to the editor | Amandla Issue 22/23

by | Feb 14, 2012

While the socialist left are playing their violins our townships are bleedingAt what stage is the left going to respond to the horrendous killings that are a daily feature of life on the Cape Flats? Are you not losing an opportunity to intervene in a meaningful way...
Too big to be honest | by Amandla Staff

Too big to be honest | by Amandla Staff

by | Jul 3, 2012

One of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, GlaxoSmithKline, the British drugmaker, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges, and pay $3bn to settle one of the largest cases of healthcare fraud in US history. The drug giant is to plead guilty to...
Zille’s new ‘War on drugs’

Zille’s new ‘War on drugs’

by | Jul 12, 2012

In yet another shameless publicity stunt, designed to appeal to the most reactionary strata of the DA’s support base,Western Cape premier and self-appointed leader of South Africa’s opposition; Helen Zille called on president Zuma to deploy SANDF troops to the...