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Parents threaten school boycott over Mobile toilets, ‘We need R27 billion to fix schools’ – Education MEC
Keletso Mkhwanazi
As the Gauteng Education Department faces a R27 billion backlog in school occupational health and infrastructure, parents at a Soshanguve primary school in Tshwane threaten to keep their children home, saying conditions of temporary mobile toilets at the school pose a health and safety risk to learners. Parents at Rivhoningo
After Health-e News’ story, 110-year-old Koko Violet gets a walker
Keletso Mkhwanazi
When Health-e News first shared the story of 110-year-old Koko Violet Ramadimetsa, her birthday wish was not cake or presents. It was a simple wish to walk safely and live with dignity. Koko Violet, who lives in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, had been using an old broomstick in one hand and a
Hunger Is Driving KZN Women to Recycle for Food
Sandile Mbili
Five-year-old hands grip a small yellow hammer, crushing aluminium cans outside a small house in Embo, west of Durban. By the end of the day, Nokulunga Nkabinde hopes the bulging clear bag filled with cans will earn enough money to buy some vegetables, bread and a few eggs for her
After 8-Year Old Girl’s Alleged Sexual Assault at School, Family Says They Had to Navigate Support Alone
Lerato Kodisang
The grandparents of an 8-year-old Lenasia South girl in Gauteng claim they’ve had to navigate the medical, psychosocial and criminal justice systems alone in the days following the girl’s alleged rape by a security guard at her school. The family says this has become a second trauma. When their granddaughter
“Children Can’t Always Bathe” – Water Shortages Leave Musina Families Struggling With Basic Hygiene
Bernard Chiguvare
Geraldine Norton’s grandchildren do not always bathe before going to school. Instead, they wipe themselves with a cloth and wait for water to return. “The children cannot always bathe before going to school,” says the Limpopo grandmother, who has been registered on Musina Local Municipality’s indigent support programme more than
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