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…
Every month Mapiti Seleka puts aside her R370 unemployment grant, knowing that when food prices rise again, she will not have to face them alone. Together with 44 other households in Tsetse Village outside Mafikeng, she belongs to the Reabetswe…
For many parents, education is one of the most difficult hurdles. Specialised schools are few, often far away, and have limited intakes.
Smallholder farmers say they are relying on home remedies to try to protect their cattle from Foot-and-mouth disease.
The mother says she was exposed to the sewage-contaminated environment throughout her pregnancy.
Residents also fear long-term environmental damage and declining property value.
The Potchefstroom pride mural was previously vandalised in 2023. And in 2024, a student was suspended after disrupting a first-year orientation event for being inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community.
Some patients had to fast from 10pm the previous night in preparation for the procedure, only to be informed in the morning that the surgery had been cancelled
The concerning trends of stroke among young adults are likely due to the increasing prevalence of modifiable risk factors.
Patients have reported receiving incorrect prescription spectacles or have experienced long waits, sometimes years, for their spectacles.
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