Fears of violence threaten Free State health hearing
Security guards escorted several audience members out of a civil society-organised commission into the Free State health system as fears mounted that tensions in the room could lead to violence.
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Safer loos for Limpopo school
Teachers and children are celebrating new, safer toilets at one Limpopo school as the province slowly revamps school sanitation following the horrific pit latrine drowning of 6-year-old Michael Komape.
The call unanswered: Emergency services ‘non-existent’ in E.Cape communities
Pensioners living in rural Eastern Cape villages say they have never seen an ambulance in their lives as a deadly combination of poor management and budget shortfalls keeps ambulances out of rural communities.
Implant spices up Mpumalanga mum’s bedroom
For Pretty Nhlabathi, switching to government’s new birth control implant spiced up life in the bedroom – and gave her a choice about baby number four.
North West school shortage fuels dodgy buses
North West bus driver Johannes Mpofu Ngwanathota says he fears for the safety of the more than 200 young learners he transports daily in a school bus meant for only half that load. He blames not only the bus owner, but a lack of schools in the rural North West community.
Too few know gold’s heavy price
In the land of gold, too few know gold’s deadly price as civil society groups embark on silicosis awareness campaign,
Guidelines: National Consolidated Guidelines for PMTCT and the Management of HIV in Children, Adolescents and Adults
Released in April 2015, the 136-page guidelines introduce important changes in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission as well as the treatment of children and adolescents.
Opinion: I’ll #BreastfeedAnywhereAnytime
Thousands of rands have been spent promoting breastfeeding for babies, so why do we treat mums who do like criminals, asks Sizile Makola, who has started the #BreastfeedAnywhereAnytime social media campaign.
More food, more weight gain
The greater availability of food, rather than our sedentary lifestyles, are responsible for our expanding waistlines, says a new report.
TB, HIV killing country’s youth
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People living with disabilities urged to keep fit
A recent sporting event in Limpopo encourages the disabled to exercise to keep healthy.
Revenge porn distributors to face the law – SAPS
A 32-year-old Free State man who sent a video of himself and his under-age girlfriend having sex to friends and teachers at the girl’s school could be in hot water, says SA Police Service National Spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo.
Standerton Hospital opens wellness clinic
Mpumalanga’s Standerton Hospital opened a new wellness clinic to improve services and shorten wait times this week.
Guidelines: Sexually Transmitted Infection Management Guidelines 2015
The 28-page guidelines outline the diagnosis of a number of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) including public lice, syphilis and genital warts.
‘I sleep with older men so that we can eat’
Poverty-stricken children in the Free State are being forced into prostitution, often by their families, in order to be able to eat.