Father chooses children over drugs
For Hammanskraal’s Lebohang Mosupa, excitement used to come from his latest hit of nyaope. Now, the father of two is finding a much better kind of “fix” – family.
Tshilidzi Tuwani
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Finish your treatment and live, say two ex-TB sufferers
The power of understanding and support gave two Saulsville residents the courage to see their tuberculosis (TB) treatment through to the end.
Sewage lands on lunch
One Soshanguve resident got a rude surprise for lunch.
Childhood TB cases spark calls for wider screening
One new mother’s good deed may have exposed her seven-month-old baby to tuberculosis (TB).
Women still falling through PMTCT cracks
South Africa has charted steady and significant decreases in mother-to-child HIV transmission rates in recent years but prevention of mother-to-child HIV (PMTCT) campaigns may still be starting HIV-positive mothers on treatment too late.
Poor housing leaves Tshwane girl gasping for breath
After heavy rains tore into her family’s roof, a Tshwane toddler is at the mercy of damp and cold, which trigger severe asthma attacks.
Vaccinations are everyone’s business
After a third of the children at Matilda Mothapo’s crèche in Soshanguve outside of Pretoria developed measles, Mothapo said she learned just how important childhood vaccinations are.
Tshwane health workers protest, demand stipends
Dozens of Tshwane community health care workers recently marched in central Pretoria to demand the Gauteng Department of Health pay stipends that, for some, are almost five months overdue.
Tshwane residents forced to buy unclean water
Water shortages in Tshwane’s Stinkwater and Eersterust areas are forcing people to buy unpurified borehole water.
Tshwane support workers go unpaid
Many Tshwane health care workers have gone up to five months without payment from the Gauteng Department of Health and are battling to put food on the table and pay school fees.
Clinic tells sick woman to get taxi to hospital
Naome Chavhunga was dizzy and vomiting when her son called an ambulance. A day later, no ambulance had arrived. She managed to get to her local clinic but when nurses urgently referred her to hospital, emergency transport was still out of reach.
Poor living conditions leave toddler aching
One Hammanskraal family’s poor living conditions could be exacerbating their son’s chronic skin condition as they continue to wait for government housing.