Ex addicts use drama to beat nyaope habit
TSHWANE - A group of four ex-addicts, who used to be nyaope users in Tshwane’s Hammanskraal area, started a drama group as part their healing journey.
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Tshwane water plant upgrade underway
Upgrades to the Magalies Water Purification Plant near Hammanskraal are expected to bring relief to water insecure communities not only in Gauteng but in the North West’s Moretele Local Municipality.
Read More »Tshwane water plant upgrade underwayEquipment deliveries delay Soshanguve clinic opening
Missing furniture is being blamed for delaying the opening of Soshanguve’s new Block JJ Clinic, which was slated to re-open last year.
Read More »Equipment deliveries delay Soshanguve clinic openingMabopane patients stand long waits as clinic expansion stalls
Dozens of Tshwane patients face a long, hot wait daily for services at Mabopane's Tlamelong Clinic as the facility runs short of space and chairs.
Read More »Mabopane patients stand long waits as clinic expansion stallsDepartment of Health denies allegations of hospital overcrowding
After Dr George Mukhari Hospital casualty patients complain of long waiting times, the Gauteng Department of Health has denied the hospital’s emergency section is overcrowded.
Read More »Department of Health denies allegations of hospital overcrowdingOutbreak team dispatched to typhoid patients’ homes
The Gauteng Department of Health has dispatched environmental health officers to the homes of recent typhoid patients to screen family and neighbours for possible new cases of the bacterial infection.
Read More »Outbreak team dispatched to typhoid patients’ homesJubilee District Hospital celebrates 60 years
Gauteng's Jubilee District Hospital recently marked six decades of community service north of Pretoria.
Read More »Jubilee District Hospital celebrates 60 yearsAdded benefits to ‘the snip’
Medical male circumcision campaigns have an added bonus, say HIV activists who add that as more and more men line up for “the snip”– more men are learning their HIV statuses.
Read More »Added benefits to ‘the snip’Tshwane hospital gives patients a lesson on how to complain
The Odi District Hospital outside Pretoria recently gave patients a lesson on how to complain at its annual Open Day.
Read More »Tshwane hospital gives patients a lesson on how to complainHPCSA embarks on public road show
The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has embarked on a public road show to educate patients on their rights. The move comes amid recent stiff criticism of the body.
Read More »HPCSA embarks on public road showWork begins to expand clinic after patient files found stashed in loo
Almost a year after hundreds of patient files were found stacked in the toilet of a Soshanguve clinic, renovations to expand the township’s Block X Clinic have begun.
Read More »Work begins to expand clinic after patient files found stashed in looTshwane clinic, taxi association team up for health
When you spend long hours behind the wheel of a taxi, eating right can be the last thing on your mind but that is why a Tshwane clinic may have found an unlikely ally for a recent health promotion campaign.
Read More »Tshwane clinic, taxi association team up for healthTshwane rolls out new medicine pick up programme
Tshwane has become the latest district to roll out a new programme that will let patients pick up chronic medication at community pharmacies.
Read More »Tshwane rolls out new medicine pick up programmeGrant pay point security scrutinised following shoot out
A recent cash-in-transit heist at a grant pay point has led the Department of Social Development to relook pay point security nationwide.
Read More »Grant pay point security scrutinised following shoot outTshwane to upgrade Soshanguve clinic
Construction to upgrade Soshanguve's Block JJ Clinic is expected to be completed by July. The clinic’s upgrade, which includes new buildings, comes after residents complained about poor infrastructure and long queues at the clinic, according to Lindela Mashigo, City of Tshwane director of media relations, communication, marketing and events .
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