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.
Mishack Mahlangu
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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.
Equipment 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.
Mabopane 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.
Department 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.
Outbreak 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.
Jubilee District Hospital celebrates 60 years
Gauteng's Jubilee District Hospital recently marked six decades of community service north of Pretoria.
Added 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.
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.
HPCSA 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.
Work 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.
Tshwane 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.
