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Roodepoort mother speaks about life with a stoma after childbirth complications
Adina Aphane
A Roodepoort mother is speaking out about life with a stoma after childbirth, saying the condition has changed how she mothers, works and manages her life. Phemelo Seane, 28, says she has been living with a stoma since 2024 after suffering severe childbirth complications at a local public hospital following
At 115, Nompilo Maleka from Limpopo Is No Ordinary Village Gogo
Thomo Nkgadima
Nompilo Maleka is no ordinary granny. The 115-year-old great-grandmother from Driekop outside Burgersfort in Limpopo still wakes up early in the morning, makes her bed, washes dishes and cooks. A copy of her green ID book, seen by Health-e news, records her date of birth as 14 April 1911. The
Op-Ed: There Is No Universal Healthcare Without Disability Inclusion
Dr. Bulela Vava
The curtain on my long-standing career as a public health service employee after more than a decade spent championing the health rights of the most vulnerable, has drawn to a close. But it closes with sobering thoughts about what we have achieved and what we are yet to. On 22
Measles Cases Rising in South Africa: What You Need To Know
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What is measles and why is it in the news? Cases are rising in South Africa, with 2,476 laboratory-confirmed infections recorded between late December 2025 and June this year.. This highly contagious viral infection spreads easily, especially among unvaccinated individuals. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported additional
Op-ed: SA government’s delay in Intellectual Property reform 12 years after dangerous ‘PharmaGate’ plot
Candice Sehoma
To protect people’s right to healthcare, the South African government must table and pass the Patent Amendment Bill without delay It has been more than twelve years since the reveal of “PharmaGate,” a R6 million lobbying plot by the pharmaceutical industry aimed at delaying and weakening South Africa’s draft intellectual
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