Claire Keeton Senior features writer

Claire Keeton is a features writer who has earned awards for her HIV and mental health coverage, and has reported on Covid, including as a vaccine trial volunteer and from inside a Covid ICU. She has spent 30 years exploring SA and been to more than 60 countries reporting on human rights, civil conflicts and environmental threats, as well as doing adventure travel

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
A beacon of science: Prof Robert J Wilkinson awarded OBE

Curiosity is the key to detecting epidemics, says UCT TB doyen

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Climate whiplash hits home: from drought & floods in Africa to LA fires

From drought and floods in Africa to massively destructive fires in Los Angeles, the world is feeling the heat

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Are your new year’s resolutions tripping you up?

Studies by cognitive, sleep and sports scientists shine a light on how to be happier, writes Claire Keeton.

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Volunteer to beat the Christmas blues, experts advise

Volunteering in December — when loneliness and grief stand out starkly against exhortations to be jolly — allows individuals to connect, to the ...

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
The app that can save women’s lives

Youth-friendly chatbot Zuzi is being trained by vulnerable groups in their slang, writes Claire Keeton

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Vaping in high schools sky high with addiction rampant

Before school, during break, in class, in the bathroom. Even in chapel, high school pupils  are secretly vaping.

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Big COP-out: UN’s climate, biodiversity conferences stumble along

The Global North is breaking its promises on delivering money needed to stop the planet overheating. Claire Keeton looks at the issues that have ...

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Burnout parents, you are not alone

Exhaustion is increasing as moms and dads, struggling to provide, strive for perfection in raising their children.

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Mavericks in pole position with new cabaret

‘Celebrity Skin’ is a dazzling cabaret with daring performances

Claire Keeton Senior features writer
Bride and prejudice

Artist Freya Willemoes-Wissing’s exhibition, Love Unbound is a compelling reflection on today’s norms, not least the double standards and ...