Heavy rains cut off Limpopo clinic
Heavy rains and bad roads may prove a deadly combination as rains cut off ambulance access to one clinic outside Louis Trichardt.
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
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Letter-writing campaign kicks off to close sewage dam
Life took an unpleasant turn for Limpopo’s Phalama community when work began on a sewage dam near their homes in 1995. Almost 20 years later, community members have had enough.
Woman allegedly dumps baby, faces criminal charges
A Grade 11 pupil faces criminal charges after neighbours allegedly discovered the woman’s dead baby in their yard.
Champion of albinism leads by example
When Rapson Mbilu Rambuwani was born with albinism, community members urged his parents to kill him. Today, he’s become a champion for people with the condition.
Teenage pregnancies in Limpopo worrying
Poverty and a lack of access to education are fuelling teen pregnancies and high HIV rates among young people, according to Vhembe health officials in Limpopo.
Death, life and organ donation
One Limpopo family lost one sister but saved another through organ donation.
Sports day for farmworkers in Vhembe
MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Merriam Ramadwa has encouraged farmworkers to participate in sport in order to keep their bodies healthy.
Two men charged with rape and murder of grandmother
MUTALE – Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping and killing 81-year old Nyawasedza Maliavusa on 10 August at Dzimauli, Phimbida.
Man arrested for Matangari killing
Police in Mutale have arrested a twenty-one year old man for the murder of Tshinakaho Khorommbi. Khorommbi’s murder caused unrest because community members were accusing her employer of killing her for muti.
Hospital gets water due to councillor’s quick action
Hardly twenty days after he promised to deliver water to Donald Frazer Hospital, Vhembe Executive Mayor Tshitereke Matibe has lived up to his promise by having a borehole drilled at the hospital.
Bangkok 2004 ‘€“ what did we learn?
The South African furore over nevirapine drowned out some of the other important issues highlighted at the International AIDS conference. Health-e takes a look at some of the global challenges.
SA shares treatment lessons at World AIDS forum
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It's been two years since the world met in Durban to exchange knowledge and experiences about the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This Sunday, the 14th International AIDS conference opens in Barcelona, Spain. In this audio report two researchers working in Khayelitsha, Cape Town give a preview of papers they will present at Barcelona detailing the provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings through the public health system.
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