Over 200 positive Covid-19 cases have been identified in a boarding school in the Eastern Cape...
Author - Zizo Zikali
Frustrated initiates ‘humiliated’ by suspended initiation schools
The Eastern Cape, following national lockdown regulations, has suspended traditional initiation...
#STICondomWeek: ‘Give women the power to protect themselves’
Most of the country’s attention is focussed on condom use to prevent HIV, but other sexually...
Pleasure, politics and the punani: You don’t need a tight vagina...
In a society that believes tight vaginas increase sexual pleasure, especially for men, uncertified...
The high cost of medico-legal claims
The Department of Health is facing claims amounting to over R20 billion. But with fraudulent...
#NHIPublicHearings: Could the NHI be the messiah the Eastern...
The province’s health system has been reported to be one of the worst in the country and residents...
Men encouraged to use health care services
Men, in general, can be reluctant in accessing health care because of the cultural belief that...
Drought in the Eastern Cape crippling small-scale farmers
The water-scarce condition in the Eastern Cape isn't only a threat to farmers, but to the country's...
Lusikisiki Village Clinic: The seven-year fight for a permanent...
The community protested, activists threatened legal action and a settlement was reached. Seven...
Organic farmer encourages youth to get into food gardening
“The health of the land is linked to people’s health and future.” This is Khaya Mposula’s ethos, an...
More paramedics need to be trained, says union
The addition of emergency vehicles to the Eastern Cape fleet is welcomed but a trade union says...
Alarm over NHI Bill
Members of the country’s biggest medical aid scheme — government employees — are concerned about...
Karate instructor aims to give obesity the chop
This Eastern Cape father uses karate and gardening to keep young and elderly members of his...
#SAAIDS2019: Youth demand more inclusion
Young people are excluded from the world’s second-largest conference, say activists.
Furious nurses threaten to withhold votes
“No jobs, no vote,” shouted unemployed nurses who marched to O.R Tambo Health sub-district offices...