Curse of the ‘blessers’
Health minister launches plan to keep girls in school – and out of the clutches of abusive sugar daddies.
Losing a child to HIV
After her first child died of AIDS and she miscarried her second, Melita enrolled in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme and saved her third.
Finding out about my HIV status at 13
AIDS2016: Being a teen is hard enough, but for Bongani Radebe, it also meant discovering that he had been born with HIV
AIDS2016: Coming out – twice
It’s hard enough having to tell your parents that you are gay – but a young Free State man also had to tell his loved ones he was HIV positive.
May celebrations honour nurses with heart
Every May, the world marks International Nurses Day. We take a look at how the Free State and Northern Cape said “thank you” to South Africa’s nurses.
Child waits 10 years for wheelchair
Tumelo Letsitsa from Qwaqwa is like “a new child” ever since he got a wheelchair a month ago.
Cancer an unknown killer in rural South Africa
For many women in rural areas, cancer remains a killer and some say they knew too little to see the dreaded diagnosis coming.
Students cautioned about Ritalin abuse
As tertiary institutions reopen across the country, the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA) has issued a strong warning to students to steer clear of performance-enhancing drugs.
Long clinic queue becomes money maker
Monica Moloi spent hours watching patients queue at her nextdoor clinic until she realised she was looking at an opportunity.
How to survive student drinking
Students and scholars are increasingly facing pressure to drink and be part of the “in crowd”, says the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Sanca).
Free State residents go thirsty as dam dries up
For thirsty Qwaqwa residents in the Free State, their next drink of water may be more likely to come on wheels instead of from the tap as reservoir water levels run low.
Are we obsessed with tighter vaginas?
A Chinese dried fruit delicacy is selling like hot cakes in the Free State as women believe the fruit will give them tighter, more youthful vaginas. Experts say the obsession with the mythical tight vagina says as about our understanding of anatomy as it does about our times.