A perpetrator of gender-based violence on how prison helped him process his anger
Mpho Mosia was jailed for gender-based violence. He tells Health-e News how prison helped him work through his anger.
#YouthDay2020: ‘My generation is about doing and being better – we aren’t doctor’s handmaidens’
Young healthcare workers are shattering societal perceptions of their profession and making healthcare systems more youth-friendly and accessible across class lines.
Bethlehem’s first Covid-19 case a ‘wake-up call’
A police woman from Bethlehem has tested positive for Covid-19, and community members have been advised to ramp up their sanitising practices and continue to follow lockdown regulations.
Sanitiser shortage, social distancing concerns at taxi ranks
As the economy slowly opens up, some taxi ranks struggle with adhering to Covid-19 hygiene protocols, whilst others firmly stick to the regulations.
#CoronaVirusSA: ‘I desperately wish that our people would listen, so we can fight the virus’
In the Free State, the Dihlabeng Mayor urges his constituency to self-isolate, and healthcare workers plead with patients to follow instructions about Covid-19 prevention.
#WorldTBDay: TB meds, a bitter pill for children and parents to swallow
With one of the world’s highest rates of tuberculosis infection, South Africa’s approach to fighting paediatric TB needs to be multi-pronged.
Pleasure, politics and the punani: You don’t need a tight vagina to enjoy sex
In a society that believes tight vaginas increase sexual pleasure, especially for men, uncertified products and home remedies are gaining popularity amongst women online and in real life.
Retired teacher helps her community to eat better
As more and more people turn to community gardening; an elderly former teacher has already been doing it for the past eight years to encourage people to eat healthier food.
“I am HIV+, but my partner is negative”
FREE STATE – Lerato Mofokeng, a 36-year-old mother of a four year old, was surprised when she and her child were diagnosed with HIV – yet her boyfriend of seven years tested negative for the virus.
Free State hospital wins best vegetable garden award
Tshimo ya Bophelo, meaning the Garden of Health, is a community vegetable garden project situated at Thebe District Hospital in Harrismith in the Free State that has proven to be such a successful venture that it has won awards.
Fight to beat diabetes and early death
Makhehla Mosia from Qwaqwa in the Free State believes years of bad eating habits are what led her to develop type 2 diabetes and poor health.
Bad diet complicates obese granny’s health
Three meals a day of pap smothered in fish oil or butter have resulted in 61-year-old grandmother gaining so much weight that she is now bed-ridden.