Thabisile and Humphrey come across a rape victim, help her to the Thutuzela Care Centre but Zenani's experience brings back terrible memories for Thabisile. In the meantime Sister Bettina will not let Murakes off the hook. Jobless and hopeless, Samkelo continues his downward spiral.

We invite you to the Fundraising Market at Kloofendal Nature Reserve, on the 3rd of August 2014. Bring your picnic basket and join in the fun.

Samkelo is on a downward spiral… he’s struggling to find work and turns to drinking with vagrant friends at a shebeen. The clinic opening is in full swing and goes down smashingly, short of the arrival of a woman in labour. AB and Riri encounter a woman in the throes of labour on their rounds. The baby came early, but the two CHW’s handle it professionally. The healthy baby is born at the clinic.

The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Standard Bank Top Women Awards. Soul City is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization and the largest social change communication project in Africa.

Soul City Series 12 debuts on SABC 1

The trailblazing edutainment Soul City series is back on air. Showing on local screens from 20h30 this Tuesday (15 June 2014) on SABC 1, the series boasts the largest cast to date. Headed by two stalwarts of the Series, Florence Masebe as Clinic Manager Sis Noni and Lillian Dube as Sr Bettinna, Season 12 will also showcase a stellar cast of fresh, young talent, some of whom had never been seen on our screens before.

The alcohol industry has reacted on the economic recession by taking various actions. A new EUCAM trend report aims to provide insight in the marketing tactics of the alcohol industry in this period. Moreover, it describes patterns in alcohol consumption during the recession period.

Mobilising young women for change

According to the UNFPA framework for action on Youth and Adolescents, six thousand young people are infected with HIV each day, most of them young girls in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. HIV prevalence is also much higher among women (23%) in South Africa than in men (13%).

In a study of South African men who drink alcohol in informal drinking environments or "shebeens," researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found a high prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) that directly correlates to unprotected sex. Findings support the need for interventions targeting both alcohol and HIV-risk behaviors among South African men who drink alcohol in alcohol-serving venues. The study and its findings are published in the July issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

For two decades Soul City has made an impact on the lives of millions of South Africans, and the rest of the continent too. Audiences have revelled in, laughed with, learned and been moved by the power of Soul City. From 15 July 2014 every Tuesday at 20h30 for 26 weeks, SABC1 will broadcast and bring together the old spirit of Soul City and the new vigour of a new era in Soul City.

Soul Buddyz, the innovative childrens programme, has come out tops again in the annual, Sunday Times Next Generation awards 2014.

Future Trends in Alcoholic Drinks: Positioning, Gender and Alternative Financing Models