Revolutionising the way we take medicine
- National Agenda
- Published on 28 Jun 2012
- Viness Pillay
Imagine inserting a wafer into your mouth that dissolves away with a burst of flavour against your cheek instead of taking an injection, or ingesting your medication without the need for water? Or having your ingested medication turn off when you are asleep and back on just before you wake up? What about the possibilities of ingesting an all-in-one drug to fight tuberculosis? Or implanting a biodegradable mini-tablet in your eye that could deliver prolonged doses of drugs to eradicate viruses where eye drops cannot reach without damaging the surrounding tissue?
No compromise for quality education
- National Agenda
- Published on 28 Jun 2012
- Loyiso Nongxa
Our young people are starting to confront the challenges of inhabiting a global society in the 21st Century and they need to be adequately equipped to deal with these challenges. We view the 21st Century as a century of knowledge. Yet, in South Africa only about 20-25% of our young people attend university, whereas the norm in similar developing countries is more than 50%.
HIV stigma and discrimination in the workplace
- National Agenda
- Published on 28 Jun 2012
- Courtenay Sprague
While the HIV stigma and discrimination in broader society has been fairly widely researched, there is little research about HIV stigma and discrimination in the workplace and how people living with HIV experience stigma and discrimination. This article focuses on an important study on the topic.
I remember
- National Agenda
- Published on 28 Jun 2012
- Norman Duncan
Male
Coloured
Thirties
Academic
Originally from the Western Cape (now in Australia)
“When I was still quite young, I don’t remember how old, but in the 70s, I was walking in the main shopping area, past a number of shops, including Clicks and Shoprite. It was busy. I lost sight of my mother and looked out ahead. Then, suddenly, I had to move sideways to get out of the way of another pedestrian.
