Mogale Mojela

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Khujwana Clinic: But first lunch, as patients wait unattended

The TAC staged a sit-in at the Khujwana Clinic in protest of the facility's poor service.

The Khujwana Clinic remains unfazed by the numerous complaints of staff taking lunch and forcing patients to wait. Not even a sit-in staged by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) got their attention at the Tzaneen-based health facility. At one stage,…

Mogale Mojela
November 26, 2021

Climate Change, Health, News

Climate change: An ideal breeding ground for malaria

Climate change, characterized by heavy rains and an increase in temperatures, set to trigger malaria infections across the globe.

Climate change could pose huge obstacles in the fight against malaria given heavy rains and high temperatures – perfect conditions for the deadly disease to flourish. An article in the United Nations’ UN Chronicle, titled ‘Climate Change on Malaria –…

Mogale Mojela
November 25, 2021

News

Living with epilepsy: Artist forced to put aspirations on ice

Masie Moagi has had to put his aspirations on hold due to living with epilepsy.

Living with epilepsy has proved tough for an aspiring artist who has had to put all his dreams and hopes on hold as learns to cope with the debilitating effects of his condition. According to Epilepsy South Africa (Epilepsy SA),…

Mogale Mojela
October 18, 2021

Determinants Of Health, Health, News

Municipalities urged to play bigger role in food security

An expert has urged local municipalities to play a bigger role in food security.

With millions of people in South Africa not having access to food and going hungry every year, an expert has called on municipalities to step in and fulfil their constitutional role in helping to ensure food security for their communities.

Mogale Mojela
July 28, 2021

News, Women's Health

Contraceptives shortage in Limpopo a ‘disaster’ for women

A shortage of contraceptive injections has forced women in Limpopo to consider alternatives.

Women in Limpopo are desperate to get their hands on two types of injectable contraceptives which have been in short supply for over a month. One patient has deemed the situation a ‘disaster’ which the provincial department of health reckons will be.

Mogale Mojela
July 27, 2021

Determinants Of Health, Health

Limpopo mom sees small-scale farming as answer to poverty

Local mom is farming to turning her passion for farming into opportunity to alleviate poverty and hunger

A woman from Khopho Village, outside Tzaneen, is planning to turn her passion for farming into an opportunity to create jobs for her community to alleviate hunger and poverty.

Mogale Mojela
July 26, 2021

News

TB prevention lacking in Limpopo – TAC

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has found tuberculosis (TB) prevention efforts in the province to be lacking with patients paying the price.

Mogale Mojela
May 25, 2021

News

Denosa Limpopo calls for rapid vaccination of its members

With phase two of the vaccination programme already underway, many healthcare workers remain unvaccinated. The Democratic Nurses Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) in Limpopo demand that the provincial government prioritise the vaccination of front-line nurses.

Mogale Mojela
May 24, 2021

News

Families too poor to afford healthy food face added risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and more

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for over half of deaths in South Africa. Poverty, limited resources and lack of healthy living programmes and regulations add to this burden.

Mogale Mojela
March 20, 2021

News

To save rural communities from junk food, raise awareness and the sugar tax, says health group

In rural areas, unhealthy food is cheap and accessible while awareness about the dangers is low. That’s why the Healthy Living Alliance is kicking off a campaign in communities and lobbying government for a sugar tax increase.

Mogale Mojela
March 17, 2021

News

One year of Covid-19 in SA: ‘I don’t wish anyone to go through what I went through’

One year of the Covid-19 pandemic survivors speak

In the year since the coronavirus was recorded in South Africa, more than 50,000 people have died and the country has been profoundly affected. Health-e News spoke to survivors of Covid-19, and those grieving the loss brought by the pandemic.

NdivhuwoMukwevho, NdivhuwoMukwevho and NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 8, 2021

News

Small-scale farmers want to help their communities, but they need help first

In an attempt to address food insecurity and job creation, small scale farmers in the Mopani District of Limpopo are ready to provide. But first, they need help upscaling.

Mogale Mojela
December 16, 2020

News

Poor state of Limpopo’s special needs schools put learners at further disadvantage says Human Rights Commission

The Human Rights Commission met with school governing bodies and government to discuss the poor state of the Limpopo’s 35 special needs schools.

Mogale Mojela
December 14, 2020

Gender Based Violence, News

A father is cycling across the country to raise awareness about good parenting and gender-based violence

A South African cyclist is using his bicycle as a weapon against Gender Based Violence - seeking to inspire youngsters to get physical as he rides from Beit Bridge to Cape Town

Mogale Mojela
December 10, 2020

News

This Limpopo woman’s trauma after an emergency hysterectomy shows the lack of communication between doctors and patients

Emergency Hysterectomy Patient Communication

A Limpopo woman is in shock after doctors performed a hysterectomy without her permission. Doctors say it was necessary to save her life after complications with her pregnancy. As studies show, the experience of the 36-year-old woman is not unique, highlighting poor communication in the labour ward.

Mogale Mojela
December 9, 2020

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