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Clio Koopman is an experienced journalist, campaigner and researcher. They are passionate about social justice and value the importance of language. Having worked as a journalist and campaigner they are highly aware of writing for a purpose. They have also worked as a researcher and bring the valuable skills they have acquired through this experience to any task .

News24 • 3rd June 2022

The good and the bad: Public psychiatric healthcare in SA

Damian Hare was once on medical aid and had access to private psychiatric care. But that is no longer the case so he uses public health care facilities. Hare soon found out that the wait to get an initial appointment is really long and that there are...

Health-e News • 13th November 2019

Xenophobia in the medical field

With sporadic and violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa making global and local headlines, the medical industry is also experiencing this worrying phenomenon. Temwa-Dango Mwambene is a Malawian-born medical student at the University of Cape Town...

Health-e News • 6th November 2019

GBV: How women are forced to adapt their lifestyles

Everyday activities such as walking in the street, going to gym, or using public transport can be a fraught exercise for women with the rise in gender-based violence (GBV). South Africa has a rate of femicide five times higher than the global average...

Amandla.mobi • 2nd July 2019

Stand in solidarity with the queer community in Tanzania

Paul Makonda, the governor of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, has deployed a surveillance squad, to track down queer people on social media. Homosexuality is illegal in Tanzania, and anti-gay narratives have been prevalent since President John Magufuli’s...

Awethu • 2nd July 2019

Minister of Labour wants to change the law so domestic workers can get compensation - support this

It is an injustice that domestic workers are not covered by this Act, taking into account the important, yet hazardous, work they do. We call on you to recognise domestic work as important, formal work. It is time to end the oppression of Black womxn,...