When I started working on an article about men and
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OP-ED | Men are dying by suicide – Why are so many still suffering in silence?
Leon de Beer
When I started working on an article about men and suicide, I wanted to include the voices of men themselves. The SA Federation for Mental Health put out a call on our social media platforms, website and fortnightly newsletter asking men to share their thoughts and experiences. I even posted
Older reclaimers work without toilets or running water at Free State landfill
Thabang Thembani
At 58, Tankiso Khamadi continues to collect recyclable waste at the Nyakallong landfill in the Free State despite struggling with respiratory problems and being treated for tuberculosis (TB) last year. Khamadi is among a group of mostly older reclaimers who say they work at the landfill without running water, toilets
Chicken bone turns Sunday lunch into nine-day hospital stay
Tholakele Mbonani
Dorothy Khomo from Duduza township, near Springs on Gauteng’s East Rand, had just returned from church and was eating with her family when she felt a chicken bone lodge in her throat. Her sister suggested eating brown bread to push it down. When that did not work, Khomo went to
Limpopo asbestos community gets health screening after resident’s death
Moyahabo Mabeba
Residents of Mafefe village in Limpopo are being screened for asbestos-related illnesses as government moves to address contamination from abandoned mines that closed more than 30 years ago. The intervention follows the death of 48-year-old Mampuru Thobejane, whose father, Chief Setlamorago Thobejane, says he had been diagnosed with asbestosis. Mampuru
Investigation launched into five-year-old’s playground injury at Tshwane school
Keletso Mkhwanazi
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is investigating a case after a five-year-old Grade R learner was injured at a Tshwane primary school and later required surgery. Katlego Setshedi was injured while playing on a metal swing at Nchuncheko Primary School in Soshanguve during lunch break on Monday, 24 August.
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Residents of Mafefe village in Limpopo are being screened for
