Survivor

Editors note: Doralice Goes, a Brazilian public servant, visited an organic products fair in her home city of Brasília in Federal District, on Dec. 31, 2021. Among the artisanal products was a tomato and almond pesto sauce. The 49-year-old stored it in her pantry and, 23 days later, on a Sunday night, opened the sauce

Illustration. Photographer: David Prado A Botswana singer and activist who was raped three years ago launched a campaign to fight high rates of sexual violence.The "Say No to Rape" campaign would push for harsher sentences for rapists as well as measures to support victims.She also hopes to raise funds for survivors in need of professional…

Zuliswa Maqana dances out of Groote Schuur Hospital as staff cheer her on. Groote Schuur Hospital, Supplied Zuliswa Maqana, 48, was admitted to hospital for Covid-19 pneumonia on 4 May.She was intubated and ventilated for 51 days at Groote Schuur Hospital's ICU.She was discharged on Monday.One of the Western Cape's coronavirus patients who was hospitalised…

A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor has written an open letter to a Pretoria woman following a series of alleged antisemitic posts.Simone Kriel, 28, allegedly wrote that there is a special place in hell for Jews and that Hitler was "innocent" of the Holocaust.Kriel is being sued by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies for her comments. A…

Michael Flor got a $1.1 million hospital bill. A 70-year-old Covid-19 patient in the US has received a $1.1 million medical bill, local media has reported.This includes payments for using a ventilator and for being in an intesive care ward.The man stayed in hospital for 62 days.A 70-year-old American man who nearly died of Covid-19…