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The Gauteng provincial government has piloted a vaccination rollout program aimed at taxi drivers at a taxi rank in Tembisa and expects to vaccinate between 12 000 and 14 000 drivers though this initiative.
Health officials in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro are concerned that the demand for COVID-19 vaccinations has dropped in an area where daily infections are on the rise despite the introduction of weekend pop-up sites in several communities.
Travelling long distances for treatment is a thing of the past for Mpumalanga cancer patients, who can now receive treatment at the newly-opened oncology unit at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela.
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Three senior North West Health Department officials have been suspended, pending an investigation into allegations that they turn away black community members at a vaccination site, in favour of family members and friends.
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First-hand experience served as the perfect motivation for mom-of-three Marita Bezuidenhout who launched her homemade baby food range Tummies Full of Love seven years ago.
University students from KwaZulu-Natal reveal their thoughts on the achieving food security, both locally and globally, as International Youth Day casts a spotlight on transforming food systems.
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The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) took to the streets earlier this week to demand that Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Health MEC, Dr Nomathembu Mokgethi, improve healthcare services in the provinces.
A young motivational speaker, who was given a month to live and was later declared dead on the operating table due to a heart condition, has written a book Miracle Girl about her journey of survival and overcoming the odds.
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As South Africa celebrates Women’s Day and marks 65 years since women marched against Apartheid pass laws, brave and strong women remain at the forefront of another crisis currently facing our society – the COVID-19 pandemic. By Kagiso Keipopele
Pamela Madonsela is a mom of two and has been exclusively breastfeeding for 15 months and counting. She shares her journey with Health-e News.
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When her catering and events business started to suffer during lockdown, enterprising businesswoman and student Thandazani Zulu decided to focus on products that promote healthy living and recently unveiled a new juice range named ‘Nourish’.
Even though farming is a tough job, a young, female small-scale farmer from KwaZulu-Natal is confident that her passion for agriculture will see she her achieve her dream of becoming a successful commercial farmer who can help others in her community.