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Trans woman went months without hormones after US-funded clinic closed
Lerato Kodisang
When the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) transgender clinic where Kamogelo Moamogoe received her hormone treatment closed last year following cuts to US funding, she says she was given a prescription to buy her hormones herself, but was not told where she could continue receiving care. Moamogoe,
Sewage Crisis in Nyakallong despite court ruling and government intervention
Thabang Thembani
Sewage is still spilling into the yards of residents in Nyakallong in the Free State despite a High Court ruling against the municipality, intervention by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the municipality being placed under administration. Residents say sewage spills and polluted water continue to affect their
When Medicine Is Not Enough: ‘Medicine alone cannot deliver sustained treatment success’
Dr Nombuso Madonsela
South Africa’s HIV response is, in many ways, a remarkable success story. Millions of people now have access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART), transforming HIV from a fatal illness into a manageable chronic condition. Yet beneath this progress lies a quieter, more uncomfortable truth: many of those on treatment are
Intersex adult seeks justice over irreversible childhood surgery
Lerato Kodisang
More than 10 intersex adults have approached a South African support organisation since 2020 saying they underwent surgery or other irreversible medical interventions as children without their or their parents’ informed consent. One of them is 33-year old Lerato Sikhosana from Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg. She says medical procedures
Young women in North West live with fibroid pain as they wait for treatment for more than a year
Bakang Ditibane
25-year old Tiisetso Lekgetho experiences painful periods with heavy bleeding that keeps her home two or three days a month, unable to look for work or go about her normal life. Lekgetho, from Tsetse village outside Mahikeng in the North West, has multiple uterine fibroids. She has been waiting for
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