Big spender Ekurhuleni fails to deliver
The District Health Barometer paints a fascinating picture of how the country's 53 health districts are faring to keep their residents healthy.
Determinants Of Health
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No need to panic about bird flu – yet
As long as bird flu can only be transmitted to humans by infected birds, there is no need for South Africans to panic. But it's only a matter of time before it becomes transmitted by humans.
Lack of water and sanitation killing thousands everyday
More people are affected by the negative impact of poor water supply and sanitation than by war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction combined, according to a paper published in this week's issue of The Lancet. Almost 4 000 children are killed everyday by this 'silent humanitarian crisis'.
Shifting the rhythm
A new study has found that prolonged shift-work might be bad for your health. Health-e News investigates. By Adele Hamilton.
And on the seventh day they walked
Experts told him it was impossible do hip replacements in rural KwaZulu-Natal. But 'Rural Doctor of the Year' Victor Fredlund doesn't understand 'impossible'
Kayamandi sanitation problems far from over
Residents in Kayamandi would like the reinstatement of a central complaints office to deal with the sanitation problems that plague the settlement. In this audio Thandeka Teyise speaks to Wilna Kloppers of Water, Forestry and Enviromental Affairs in the Western Cape about her department's involvement in the Khayamandi area.
Gencor ordered to clean up old asbestos mine
The Bareki Tribal Authority and the concerned residents of Heuningvlei in the North West province have demanded that Gencor and it's subsidiary, Gefco, clean up an old mine and mill sites that they believe pose a serious health hazard. Kerry Cullinan reports.
Sanitation a key to health
With 6000 children dying each day of water-borne diseases, delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development are fighting for a specific target on sanitation to be included in the final plan of action. But their proposal is being opposed by the US, Japan, Canada and New Zealand who wish to avoid being tied down to a specific target.
Where the River Flows
An impoverished community and a determined Stellenbosch epidemiologist are on a collision course with local authorities about a river so polluted it's potentially life threatening. By Anso Thom.
Stellenbosch Municipality Town Engineer, denies river pollution
This is a 2nd part of 3 part series on Khayamandi Environment. Stellenbosh Municipality Town Engineer, Eddie Delport, denies there is an influx of people to Khayamandi and insists that the sewage system is perfectly adequate for the needs of the settlement. In this audio he explains what the municipality is doing to address the problem of the river pollution.
A fight for a clean environment
Khayamandi is situated some 45km away from Cape Town. It is an overcrowded settlement of brick and zink houses with about 22 thousand inhabitants. Not far from the settlement there is the highly polluted Plankenbrug River . Community Health Unit at the Stellenbosch University, has found that the water in the river is unsafe for human consumption and irrigation. Thandeka Teyise talked to a resident Golden Mgudlwa and his family about the problem with the sanitary and water maintenance and the fact that the river is polluted.
All about a river
Mention the Wold Conference on Sustainable Development and possibly the last image that might come to mind is of the fertile valleys in the Western Cape and the splendour of the Stellenbosch vineyards. However, in microcosm, the issues facing a small corner of this community are the issues that the world summit must address - access to clean water, sanitation and a healthy environment for all. In this audio report, the relationship between high faecal pollution levels in the Plankenbrug River and the dense, informal settlement of Kayamandi are explored and the implications of this for everyone down river.
Sea View
"We don't have race problems here. We are fortunate because we have very decent neighbours. You can see by the cars they are driving that they are earning good salaries."Chris Botha, 73, has lived in Seaview for the past 60 years. He remembers when the Southway Mall was nothing but a grove of mango trees, and Indian people were removed from Titren Road in the 1960s.
People live here
Multi-million rand developments are being planned for various parts of the eThekwini unicity in a bid to boost tourism and stimulate the local economy, but have the conditions of ordinary residents improved?
Bayview
Shirley Ebrahim does not know where to turn. She owes the eThekwini council R22 000 in arrears in rent and services for the tiny flat that she occupies with her four children, aged from seven to 17.