The case of Sthembiso Mdlalose, accused of starting a fire which killed 76 people in a Johannesburg building, has shed a ...

On the eve of World No Tobacco Day, the alarming rise of nicotine addiction among South Africa's youth demands urgent action.

Africa producer Dingani Masuku reflects on a disturbing assignment to report on a dangerous drug taking practice in South Africa, known as 'Bluetooth', which involves an addict injecting a drug then ...

Toyin AdebayoThe World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has sounded the alarm over what it describes as the deliberate engineering of nicotine addiction by the tobacco and nicotine ...

Inside the grounds of Fann hospital in Senegal, men and women form a substantial queue. Those without seats loiter in hallways, and others able to bear the sweltering heat outside play checkers under ...

That is the ultimate addiction blame. Just take a moment to let that notion sink in – telling opiate addicts that their lives are not worth an EMT trip or a life-saving injection – and imagine how ...

There has been a lot of debate about yoga. Is it just good exercise or does it have an impact on the brain that can be used as part of a therapeutic program for treating disorders like addiction?