Overworked nurses and frustrated patients recently squared off as part of a community dialogue as communities in Mpumalanga’s Piet Retief area continue to complain about poor health care service.
Ermelo family tells teen mother to take a hike after second baby, leaving a young couple to regret a lack of family planning.
Fears about prolonged labours and enlarged babies’ heads are driving some pregnant women to opt for traditional medicine instead of doctors’ prescriptions - but nurses say it may be a dangerous gamble.
Telling your family you are gay is hard. It may be harder in rural small-town South Africa.
Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande District recently recognised 24 leaders from the local community of men who have sex with men (MSM) for making a difference in their communities and fighting homophobia.
With a name like “Nurse,” Nurse Simelane seems destined to make a difference in the lives of others. OurHealth spoke to Simelane and her patients about what home-based care means for them.
Sex work helped Zanele Ndlovu* to buy a house – and put herself and her daughter through school but the daughter of a sex worker herself, Ndlovu says she hopes her daughter breaks the family's cycle of sex work.
As the globe’s best footballers take to the pitch for the World Cup, 60-year-old grandmother of ten Lizzy Jockia has taken to the field to save her life.
Skaaprus informal settlement residents have battled for 25 years for clean water. Now, local government officials say there may be little they can do for them unless they move.
The parents of a 17-year-old boy have laid rape charges against two KaMsogwaba residents.
Mumu Ngcamane, 31, was diagnosed with high blood pressure when she was just 14. Seventeen years later, she still gets pains in her heart area, but her trust of health care workers has been damaged.
When drinking came between one Mpumalanga man and his tuberculosis (TB) treatment, his family stepped in. Now, he says, he has learned the importance of taking his treatment daily.
Be in the know with our free weekly newsletter. We deliver a round-up of our top stories and insightful reads from across the web.