ZIMBABWE,(PlusNews)- Memory Motsi* rents a room in Chitungwiza, about 20km from the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. She wakes up at five in the morning to get to work on time at the school where she teaches Grade 5 in Hatfield, a suburb in the city, because the poor salaries in education sector, totally outpaced by hyperinflation, mean she can no longer afford the bus fare to and from work.
MOZAMBIQUE -(PlusNews) - When Mariana Uchandidhora's husband was killed in a traffic accident in South Africa a year ago, tradition required that she have sex with her deceased husband's brother in order to be purified.
NAIROBI-(PlusNews) - At the gates of one of Kenya's export processing zones (EPZs) men and women push and shove each other, trying to get their national identity cards taken by the guards.
The Free State health department has announced that its financial situation has reached 'dire proportions' forcing it to postpone all non-emergency surgery until January next year and stop all non-critical staff appointments.
South Africa has flunked with an E-symbol (0-20%) when it come to the amount of money spent on HIV/AIDS, but attained an overall B-symbol for its response to the epidemic on the AIDS Reporting Index, an AIDS Accountability International (AAI) scorecard.
Sometimes one has to see the humorous side of quackery. By Nathan Geffen
Most African farmers grow tobacco because they are poor and lack alternative ways to earn their living, but with encouragement droves of farmers are turning their backs on the killer crops in Tanzania.
Testing infants at risk of HIV as soon as possible, and treating those infected with the virus immediately, dramatically enhances their chances of survival and reduces the likelihood of devastating disease progression in their early life.
Zimbabwe's doctors have sketched a picture of a health system that has collapsed with hundreds of people dying from a cholera epidemic which has now crossed the border into South Africa.
World AIDS Day, December 01, is fast approaching. The focus will, as in the past be on HIV/AIDS education. In your neighbourhood this week, you've probably had peer counsellors knocking on doors. The township of Zola in Soweto is no different.
Free State doctors say some patients denied antiretroviral treatment because of the financial crisis in the province will die, and fear that they might face court action.
South African smokers will soon have to brave gory pictures capturing the effects of smoking when they buy their packs.
Gloria's eyes open wide as she reaches out her hand and pleads: 'Don't forget me. Don't forget me. Don't ever forget me.'
Her voice is hoarse from the thrush that coats her throat and mouth. Her pyjamas hangs off one skinny shoulder, as she slumps in a chair next to the bed she has just wet.
Africa has become the main target of tobacco corporations which are being driven out of the developed countries by tougher laws, high taxes and more consumer awareness of the dangers of smoking.
The Free State health department has confirmed that it has been 'delaying' placing about 400 patients on antiretrovirals (ARVs) since the beginning of November, but denies that this was due to financial mismanagement in the province.
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