Mark Heywood

The road to 27 April 1994, Freedom Day in South Africa, started on the dusty streets of Soweto on 16 June 1976.

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In early May this year, South Africa’s Constitutional Court became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes over health legislation since democracy. The issue before the court was not whether the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act, the government’s proposed road to universal access to healthcare, is a good idea. Rather, the judges were […]

The judges deciding the NHI case are part of a 30-year tradition of using evidence, constitutional principles and careful reasoning to resolve some of South Africa’s toughest health disputes, writes Mark Heywood.

Every Saturday morning, every week of the year (extreme weather, war or pandemics permitting), at 8am, in 22 countries (and rising) around the

I would like to write that Orwell's Roses is one of the most architecturally imaginative and beautiful books I have ever read. That's true.

I would like to write that Orwell’s Roses is one of the most architecturally imaginative and beautiful books I have ever read. That’s true. But I also know that – despite the parasitic nature of the s…

The question is no longer whether we have enough evidence of hunger. We do. It is whether we have enough political will to act on it.…

In Soweto’s Dorothy Nyembe Park, parkrun’s understated weekly ritual united legends like Bruce Fordyce with grassroots volunteers, proving running can rebuild community and hope.…

In Soweto's Dorothy Nyembe Park, parkrun's understated weekly ritual united legends like Bruce Fordyce with grassroots volunteers, proving running can rebuild community and hope.