Nappy-dumping mums taken to task
Limpopo mums who dump used disposable nappies in the streets have been warned that they will face the wrath of the law if they do not clean up their act.
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‘Smoking is now off my to do list’
One Limpopo man has sworn off cigarettes after he claims experimenting with tobacco had a bizarre and frightening side effect.
Growing up disabled
Egnes Raulinga cried for joy the day her son, Ronewa, was born. At 4 years old, Ronewa is now a smart, inquisitive toddler. Egnes says it breaks her heart to watch other children treat him differently because of his disability.
Limpopo woman takes nursing home
As a little girl growing up in rural Limpopo, Ndivhudzannyi Makungo dreamed of making a difference in her community’s life. Now a nursing student in Pretoria, Makungo recently had the chance to make her dreams come true.
Clinic, family rejoices as elderly man receives house
When heavy rains collapsed 75-year-old Mutshinya Munyai’s home in 2012, healthcare workers at his local clinic noticed. Now, after three years of advocating on his behalf Guyani Clinic staff in Limpopo watched Munyai walk into his new home.
Limpopo clinic welcomes new manager
Tshiungani Clinic patients in Limpopo recently said a bittersweet goodbye to their beloved clinic manager. Now, the clinic has welcomed new manager and experienced rural healthcare worker Thingahangwi Nemutamba to the helm.
Limpopo clinic welcomes festive season volunteers
Student nurses are filing into Limpopo’s Guyuni Clinic to lend a hand during the festive season.
Limpopo clinic says goodbye to beloved clinic manager
When Magie Mukwevho became the manager of Limpopo’s Tshiungani Clinic, residents say the clinic was in shambles. One woman made all the difference, say patients as Mukwevho retires four years later.
Dirty water deliveries for Limpopo villages
At least two villages in Limpopo’s Mutale Local Municipality depend on municipal water trucks to survive but now villagers are claiming the trucks are delivering dirty water.
Rural health workers take sex ed into the classroom
Health workers and home-based care givers from Limpopo’s Matavehela village recently spent the day at the local secondary school to take sex education out of the clinic and into the classroom.
HIV stigma turns deadly for new mum
More than three decades into South Africa’s HIV epidemic, treatment is widely available and HIV is no longer a death sentence – but stigma might be.
Limpopo nurses, community rally around pensioner with diabetes
Nurses at Limpopo’s Thengwe Clinic decide to go above and beyond for one elderly patient after neighbours discover she has stopped taking her chronic medication.