Adina Aphane

Adina Aphane

21-year-old’s crucial kidney dialysis treatment puts family under financial strain

Health e FEATURE 18

At 21, Brandon Booysen from Randfontein in Gauteng is bedridden with end-stage kidney disease and severe bone complications after living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) since childhood. He cannot sit upright for more than a few minutes because of severe…

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The hidden cost of public healthcare: Limpopo woman misses treatment when transport money runs out

Health e FEATURE 16

55-year-old Dinah Mlambo, who lives with large open growths on her knee, is supposed to travel 26.5 km from her home in Zebediela, Limpopo to a clinic two to three times a week for wound care. But since losing her…

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