Annisa Essack - Opinion - 09112018 Codeine used to treat mild to moderate pain is today the most abused over the counter drug in South Africa. Codeine (3-methylmorphine) is the most commonly consumed opiate in the world and is mostly used for pain management and cough suppression and it is available in over-the-counter combination preparations with caffeine, paracetamol or ibuprofen or as a prescription medicine. Misuse of prescription and over-the-counter codeine-containing products is a global public...

Teachers who leave South Africa to teach abroad and then choose to return home will be at the end of the line for public school vacancies. This is according to teachers who alleged they were being discriminated against and punished by the KZN Department of Education for leaving the country. Many who possess extensive teaching skills and fulfil the criteria for re-employment say they are being overlooked, although there is a demand for their skills, and they were given last preference over...

Ebrahim Moosa - Opinion | 26 October 2018   As I knuckle down for this piece, Gaza, ominously, seems teetering on the brink of another conflagration. "Gaza is imploding. This is not hyperbole. This is not alarmism. It is a reality," UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov said on Thursday. "We remain on the brink of another potentially devastating conflict, a conflict that nobody claims to want, but a conflict that needs much more than just words to prevent.” Israeli hawks are heaving threats of...