Rural Eastern Cape teen becomes community role model
Avelile was born with HIV. Now, the teenager from rural Eastern Cape never misses a dose of her antiretrovirals (ARVs) – and has become an example to her community.
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Report: South African Child Gauge 2014
This year's annual report by the University of Cape Town's Children's Institute focuses on the impact of violence on South Africa's children.
Tshwane centre for vulnerable children faces closure
Martha and her 17-year-old daughter are living with HIV. When they come to the Kopano Lerato centre, they feel accepted and supported. Now, the community-based organisation is in danger of closing.
Residents left to plead for water at school gates
Without running water, residents of one rural Mpumalanga community say they are left to beg for water at the gates of a local school where they say security guards often turn them away empty handed.
Dirty water deliveries for Limpopo villages
At least two villages in Limpopo’s Mutale Local Municipality depend on municipal water trucks to survive but now villagers are claiming the trucks are delivering dirty water.
Municipality installs pump but community can’t foot electrical bill
Residents of the small, rural Mpumalanga town of Vezinyawo said they were told to pay R2 to keep a municipal water pump working after the municipality would not pay R200 for prepaid electricity, residents allege.
Water shortage sparks diarrhoea cases
A recent water shortage in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape and surrounding areas is being blamed for at least four cases of diarrhoea among local children.
Water crisis looms in Kestell, Free State
With the construction of a promised dam delayed, residents of Kestell, Free State say that the lack of water risks their lives and their livelihoods.
Bethlehem informal residents beg water off neighbours
Residents of Silahliwe informal settlement outside Bethlehem share one working toilet for about every 900 people. According to local officials, securing access to water and sanitation may mean that about a third of the settlement’s residents will have to move.
Guide: Voice – A health care provider’s guide to reporting health care challenges
Produced by the Rural Health Advocacy Project, this guide teaches health professionals how to report problems in the health system.
Ambulances scarce in rural Eastern Cape
When emergencies happen, rural communities outside Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape say there is no one to call – and with disastrous results.
East Rand community fears for orphaned children
Community members say they have tried for years to get the Department of Social Development to assist a child-headed family in Buhle Park east of Johannesburg. Now, they fear for the family’s safety.
Poor care, ambulance shortage blamed for toddler’s death
Yolisa Ngeseki alleges poor care and a shortage of ambulance led to the death of her 3-year-old girl after she contracted Hepatitis B.
Overweight South Africans at higher risk of cancer
Emerging evidence indicates that being overweight increases your risk of cancer and decreases your chance of surviving it.
World body addresses prostate cancer test problems
New international guidelines released yesterday aim to address problems around prostate cancer screening.