ALEXANDRA – The City of Joburg has embarked on a diabetes awareness campaign in an effort to educate residents of the large township on the dangers of the illness, now ranked the second cause of natural deaths after TB.
The critical care work done by the Alexandra Hospice will no longer be disrupted by the frequent power cuts experienced in the area thanks to the donation of blankets and a generator from African Bank.
As the South African Weather Service has announced that there will be a cold front moving across Johannesburg in the days leading towards the weekend, the City of Johannesburg has urged residents to be cautious.
New disciplinary measures, a beefed-up workforce and a solution to niggling underground water issues have the delayed construction of a new public health clinic in 4th Avenue, Alexandra back on track.
A 12-year-old boy – who stopped to cool down with a swim in the Jukskei River on his way home from school last week – has drowned, and his death has prompted calls for authorities to now urgently fix the local swimming pool.
Retired teacher Constance Mngomezulu, one of the founders of the Nokuthula Centre and Special School, was close to tears at the opening of the school’s new premises as she witnessed her dream finally realised
While Mokgadi Magdeline Morekhure of Alexandra managed to survive breast cancer, she has been left battling with a heavy swollen arm as a result of the lymphedema she contracted because of the illness.
Motivated by the extreme poverty and hunger she sees around her every day in the Alexandra areas, 24-year-old Phindile Mlotshwa has dreamed up a solution.
Services at the Masakhane Clinic in Alexandra have been severely disrupted as the staff has taken to protesting against what they believe is unfair treatment by the Gauteng Health Department.
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, in a recent radio interview, said medical advancements in the fight against HIV was resulting in fewer deaths attributed to the virus.
A man, alleged to have shot dead two siblings in Alexandra will appear before the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court today to face charges relating to the double murder that shocked the township.
JOHANNESBURG - The recent upsurge in violence against women travelling in taxis has sparked calls for the issue to be urgently addressed.
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