Fighting illegal abortion clinics
The Limpopo Department of Health is fighting to shut down a growing number of illegal abortion clinics in the Vhembe area – some targeting students specifically with 50 percent discount offers.
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
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Limpopo gets first breast milk bank
Limpopo mothers have welcomed the opening of the first breast milk bank in the province, believing it will help to save babies.
Limpopo reassures patients on ARVs
The Limpopo health department says the shortage of antiretroviral medicine in Vuwani clinics is related to a national supply problem rather than violence in the area.
Rural grannies walk for health
In a remote rural village, community leaders are educating the elderly about how to stay healthy
Gogo’s deathbed wish fails
For over a year a social worker has worked tirelessly to try and reunite a sick 86-year-old Limpopo woman with her long lost family, but to no avail.
No ARVs for Vuwani residents
HIV positive patients have not been able to receive their ARVs for over a month following recent violent protests in Limpopo’s Vuwani area
Mothers say ‘no’ to bush initiation
Rural Vhembe mothers in Limpopo have refused to send their sons to bush initiation schools this year saying they valued their sons lives more than they did the age-old tradition.
Water restored at Sibasa Clinic
The drought in Limpopo has had a dire effect on patients at a local clinic who were unable to use the toilets as there was no running water. But now, after months of sitting with this problem, things have improved…
Vhembe students end boycott over 2 toilets
Vhembe FET students end boycott over lack of toilets and desks, after management promises action
Blind students back in school after toilet delivery
After weeks of protests about broken toilets, students from Rivoni School for the Blind are back at their desks.
Vuwani pupils back in school
Following almost three weeks of missed classes due to violent protests, Vuwani pupils are back in school.
Drought leaves Limpopo clinic without working toilets
A Limpopo clinic serving more than five villages has been left without working toilets as the ongoing drought continues to ravage local water supplies.