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The 2010 FIFA World Cup is in its final stage and the excitement in Southern Africa is still palpable even in Zimbabwe where I work as a nurse for Médecins Sans Frontières in an HIV/AIDS treatment project, north of host nation South Africa. It’s an...

It’s difficult to go anywhere in South Africa without getting caught up in football fever these days. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is entering the quarterfinal stage this week and I have to admit that the football bug has bitten me in a big way – even...

The all-star Brazil football squad entered the 2010 FIFA World Cup as early favourites to make it to the finals and hope to lift the golden trophy. And similarly in Médecins Sans Frontieres(MSF) upcoming HALFTIME! tournament in South Africa sees a...

Today we admitted a 11 years girl, she had an accident with her right foot being jammed on a stone then fell on to ground, that caused a twist-fall injury and her leg bone was broken & probed out of her skin. Injury like that should not be a big...

White noise. I’m hunched over the radio, but however close I lean to the receiver, I just hear white noise. I’ve got my eyes closed and I’m frowning. I’m actually trying to squint with my ears. It sounds like a mouse has crept into the microphone...