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Lillian Roberts

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Lillian Roberts

    Silent killer, simple fix? Task-shifting to save South Africa from non-communicable diseases (opens the original)

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    High blood pressure and diabetes are taking a massive toll on health in the South African population. Dr Nasheeta Peer breaks down what it will take to tackle the growing crisis. Hint: part of it is cheaper than we think, and we’ve already done it with HIV. Dr Nasheeta Peer is the Chief Specialist Scientist within the Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC). She has worked there for 22 years, with a focus on the epidemiology and prevention

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Lillian Roberts

    Straight from the heart: Prof Karen Sliwa-Hahnle’s crusade in cardiac care (opens the original)

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    Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle shares frontline insights from decades in public service on Africa’s silent killer – hypertension – and why a simple blood pressure check could save your life. Also, her plan for olive oil and plastic, if she were president. This World Heart Day, Daily Maverick sat down with cardiologist Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle who has 872 publications (550 of those peer-reviewed) in the cardiovascular field – the most prolific on the subject on the continent. She is a p

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Lillian Roberts

    Halfway Mark: Heywood on the R1m child hunger drive on a 650km bike ride (opens the original)

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    Union Against Hunger co-founder Mark Heywood is more than halfway through mountain-biking the seven-day Go2Sea. He’s still on a mission to raise R1-million to fight food insecurity. Co-founder of Union Against Hunger Mark Heywood had finished the fourth day – a gruelling 110km day of mountain biking – of the Go2Sea race when he spoke to Daily Maverick. He had not even showered yet. “The first four days have been tough, and demanding, and at times full of doubt about whether I have the ph

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Lillian Roberts

    Fuel the ride, feed children: Raise R1-million to end hunger (opens the original)

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    Co-founder of Union Against Hunger’s Mark Heywood is mountain biking the seven-day Go2Sea with a mission: to raise R1-million to fight food insecurity. Mark Heywood has been cycling once a week for six months. He thinks it is enough training to do a cross-country mountain bike race of seven days. It’s 650km in total. But he’s not riding alone. Heywood is taking with him his sincere belief that in a country of beautiful scenery, but also hidden despair and poverty, one person – and every

  5. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Lillian Roberts

    Numbers game cannot cure South Africa of its gender-based violence (opens the original)

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    Statistics and budgets do not reflect whether the state’s interventions are fit for purpose and effective. President Cyril Ramaphosa declared gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster on 20 November 2025 after massive civil society mobilisation. On 5 August, the Department of Social Development briefed Parliament on its first quarterly report (April to June) on interventions it is implementing in response to the declaration. Minister Dina Pule, who was appointed last month, said t

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