The plight of people who feel that their suffering is unbearable or that their experience of disability is unacceptable to themselves should be a catalyst for South Africans to debate the meaning of compassion, writes University of Pretoria historian of medicine Julie Parle.
A continuous flow of events in South Africa deflects from our economic and social issues, meaning they will remain stubbornly intact, argues Mabutho Shangase.
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