Covid-19 makes life ‘extra difficult’ for the blind
Virus prevention measures were drafted without concern for those with partial vision or blindness, say visually impaired and blind South Africans.
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
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‘I had no idea what cancer was or what it meant to have it’
The first Sunday of June is National Cancer Survivors Day, commemorated in South Africa and other parts of the world. But much needs to be done here to increase awareness.
Anxiety builds for Limpopo families separated by Covid-19 hospital regulations
“I sometimes feel like I’ve deserted my mom but there is nothing I can do – it’s beyond my control,” says Mulalo Namgammbi whose mother is a cancer patient at Tshilidzini Hospital.
Limpopo’s social distancing rulebreakers worry traders and taxi drivers
South Africa’s economic sphere is slowly re-opening but there’s hurdles along the way as informal food traders and taxi driver in Thohoyandou express concern about some Covid-19 prevention measures not being followed.
Homegrown solutions to curb hunger in rural Vhembe
Backyard vegetable gardens keep families going during the national lockdown — with residents saying they save money and eat better because of their subsistence farming.
Poor sanitation in schools in rural Limpopo are a threat to communities during Covid-19
Limpopo schools are not ready for reopening as water shortages are a barrier in practising good hygiene in the fight against Covid-19
LockdownSA: ‘Most of us have run out of food’
Over 600 Zimbabweans living near Louis Trichardt in Limpopo say they have no food because they have been unable to earn a living since South Africa went into lockdown last month to combat the spread of Covid-19.
CoronavirusSA: Making face masks fashionable can help flatten the curve
LIMPOPO-Elelwani Sigoba spent days looking for surgical or N95 masks at shops in Thohoyandou but they were completely out of stock.
Mixed feelings on mass screening of Limpopo’s rural villages
Health care workers conducting screening for COVID19 outside Thohoyandou say although they experienced some challenges, they are satisfied that they visited every household assigned to them.
#CovidNurseStayAway: Frontliners sidelined in Covid-19 plans
A number of nurses and nursing trade unions have voiced their disappointment about their apparent exclusion from the country’s relief measures — such as income tax breaks.
#LockdownSA: Families left homeless after severe storm
Scores of villagers have been left displaced after a thunderstorm struck rural Vhembe, Limpopo.
#LockdownSA: Police arrest ‘prophet’ for circulating fake news
A self-proclaimed prophet has been arrested by the police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, for circulating a video defying the regulations put in place to help combat the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.