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Discovering my ‘mum’ stole me at birth
In 1997 a baby is stolen from a Cape Town hospital, 17 years later she learns the truth
The acid attack meant for someone else
Andreas Christopheros had acid thrown in his face in a case of mistaken identity
I raised 1,000 children but gave my own away
Sindhutai Sapkal is known as the ‘mother of orphans’, but had to give her own child away
Dr Palipana, the quadriplegic ER medic
How a car accident turned Dinesh Palipana into a quadriplegic emergency doctor
How not to be a rock star
Cora Bissett got a five album deal when she was just 17, but then faced a huge backlash
The boy, the wish and the nuclear weapons
Why a terminally ill teenager went to the Soviet Union to broker a nuclear peace deal
The love story behind a lost Leonardo
How a long-lost painting was restored, attributed to da Vinci and sold for $450,000,000
From homeless kid to hero of Africa's biggest slum
Kennedy Odede is known by some as the unofficial mayor of Kibera
Keeping my country's burned past alive
How Brazilians are coping with the loss of the National Museum and their history
'If you want to live, squeeze my hand'
How scientist Steffanie Strathdee saved her husband from a deadly superbug