As South Africa continues to battle the third wave of the pandemic and is likely to face a fourth towards the end of the year, a debate has started around whether South Africans would be willing to get a COVID-19 booster jab.
With World Lung Cancer day having been commemorated earlier this month, Sunday 1 August, the Department of Health and the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) have called on South Africans to increase their awareness of this dread disease.
Not only has government been accused on going back on its word to prioritise taxi drivers for the COVID-19 vaccine, but many drivers are now also refusing to get the jab as they believe it is part of a conspiracy to bring down population numbers.
Three senior North West Health Department officials have been suspended, pending an investigation into allegations that they turn away black community members at a vaccination site, in favour of family members and friends.
CANSA’s Smart Choice Endorsement Program will award a seal of recognition to products that have health benefits and reduce the risk of cancer, in a bid to promote healthy living among South African consumers.
Parents and community members in Mangaung, in the Free State, were shocked by the news that 53 learners and seven teachers, including the headmaster, at Grey College Secondary School in Bloemfontein tested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday.
First-hand experience served as the perfect motivation for mom-of-three Marita Bezuidenhout who launched her homemade baby food range Tummies Full of Love seven years ago.
The family of five-year-old Michael Komape, who drowned in a pit latrine more than seven years ago, is still battling with the Department of Basic Education to ensure the eradication of unsafe and unhygienic toilets at Limpopo schools.
A group of Limpopo female surgeons and other health professionals jumped right in and volunteered to perform medical procedures on children at public hospitals in the province in celebration of Women’s month yesterday.
Family, friends and members of the LGBTIQ+ community in Limpopo have been left reeling by the brutal rape and murder of a young lesbian community health worker, in what is suspected to be a hate crime.
Given the nutritional value and importance of breastmilk, several mothers from Limpopo have spoken out in support of breastmilk donation to infants whose mothers are unable to breastfeed them.
A group of female migrants from Zimbabwe find themselves at the back of the COVID-19 vaccination queue in South Africa due to a lack of papers and the closure of several reception centers due to lockdown.
As South Africa celebrates Women's Day and marks 65 years since women marched against Apartheid pass laws, brave and strong women remain at the forefront of another crisis currently facing our society – the COVID-19 pandemic. By Kagiso Keipopele
With cancer claiming nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 – according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a South African cancer survivor has urged the government to provide free cancer treatment for all.
Pamela Madonsela is a mom of two and has been exclusively breastfeeding for 15 months and counting. She shares her journey with Health-e News.
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