Progress in Limpopo thanks to SECTION27
SECTION27'€™s work to improve sanitation in schools is starting to pay off, but progress is slow.
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Garbage poses health threat to community
TSHWANE. – The community of Soshanguve Block L is fed up with the foul smell coming off the heaps of uncollected garbage piling up in the area.
Garbage poses health threat to community
TSHWANE. - The community of Soshanguve Block L is fed up with the foul smell coming off the heaps of uncollected garbage piling up in the area.
Misery of a young HIV-positive mother
SOSHANGUVE. '€“ A young mother here is enduring a lot of hardship while waiting for the Human Settlement Department to construct housing as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
Unhealthy climate
Southern Africa is due to become hotter and drier as a result of climate change, and this is going to change the country'€™s disease profile.
Floods bring relief for community without water
VHEMBE. - While many people here are still trying to recover from the damage caused by the recent floods, the community of Josefa, next to the Kruger National Park'€™s Punda Maria gate, is pleased with the steady supply of water it has brought.
Free State community shares one tap between 40 households
BETHLEHEM. '€“ Sanitation in the Bohlokong area in the Free State is so poor that it has started affecting the health of children in the Baipeing community in Bethlehem.
Fear over malaria increase in Vhembe
VHEMBE. '€“ The district municipality in this northern region of Limpopo recently raised concern about the high incidence of malaria in the area.
Homes, lives lost in Limpopo flooding
Vhembe. '€“ A Limpopo man has spoken of how he held his wife as she died in his arms after heavy rains caused a wall of their house to collapse on top of her. Edzani Musetsho said he was unable to get her to hospital because the bridge that leads out of their village was swept away by the flood water.
Nelspruit hospital without water, 4 weeks now
Media Release: The SA Medical Association (SAMA) has stressed its frustration and disappointment about the current situation at Themba Hospital in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, which has been without water since 4 January 2013. The association has therefore urged the MEC and the Provincial Department of Health in Mpumalanga to address this dire situation - a serious health risk to both the institution'€™s patients and doctors.
Water restored to Matavhela and Mufulwi
Vhembe - Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi have had their tap water supplies restored after alerting OurHealth that they had to rely on unsafe rain and river water.
Stinky toilets for primary school
OurHealth - Itlotliseng Primary School learners in Tseki village, Phuthaditjhaba (Qwa-Qwa) in the Free State have to every day deal with dirty toilets and unreliable access to water.
De Lille admits janitor services stink
Mayor Patricia de Lille has admitted that the City'€™s janitorial services in informal services needed to be jacked up and her office has taken over the monitoring of this service.
City janitor rollout stinks – SJC
CAPE TOWN - A landmark daily janitorial service for communal toilets in the City'€™s informal settlements - launched with great fanfare in May by Mayor Patricia de Lille - has come to a grinding halt.
Health risks facing urban population
A Medical Research Council (MRC) study warns that as more people move into the cities, their health challenges will become dire. The community of Hospital Hill, in Johannesburg, is a case in point. More than 90 % of the residents live in urban poverty and are unemployed.