As millions of South Africans head to the polling stations tomorrow to cast their votes in the local elections, the quality of municipal basic services – and how they directly impact our daily lives and health – is at the…
53-year-old Moipone Mahonko, who is partially blind, has suffered burns and cuts while cooking over an open fire since a prolonged electricity outage left 116 households in Lakeside Estate in Midvaal, Gauteng without power for more than four months after…
When Tshikota resident Dipou Moyo recently suddenly lost consciousness in the middle of the night, she was fortunate to have a relative who could drive her to Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital at 2am. “If he was not around, I could…
A bill to strengthen tobacco control in South Africa is slowly making progress. Parliament’s Health Committee voted in favour of the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill earlier this year, allowing it to move forward for a clause…
41-year-old Richard Lebea, who has lived with asthma since childhood, says living next to a wastewater treatment plant and an illegal dumping site on the outskirts of Seshego township in Limpopo is taking a toll on his health. For years,…
For Philile Hlophe, caring for three wheelchair-bound children living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) means managing their daily physical care in an overcrowded home, while constantly worrying about how to get them to healthcare facilities and into special-needs schooling. The…
Residents in Musina, Limpopo, are concerned about their health as sewage continues to flow through residential streets. Unreliable water supplies force some households to spend hundreds of rands per month buying water. Musina resident, Norah Ndlovu says she fears children…
A Soshanguve mother says her daughter suffered serious head injuries after allegedly being assaulted by a teacher in 2018 when she was six years old. The girl, now 14, requires specialised education and ongoing medical treatment after allegedly suffering serious…
Residents of Makhuvha village near Giyani in Limpopo say they have been struggling to access clean water since a communal borehole stopped working in March last year, forcing families to buy water or collect it from unsafe sources. Christine Mashel…
24-year-old Regomoditse Kgomo has struggled to access specialist treatment for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) and endometriosis through Gauteng’s public healthcare system since losing her medical aid in 2023. Despite repeated clinic visits and three requests for a referral at…
For 47-year-old Jonas Molefe Motau, who is blind, getting to work means navigating rocky roads, potholes and a busy road without a pedestrian crossing in Stinkwater, Hammanskraal. Motau walks more than four kilometres to and from his workplace at the…
When Forget Ndou’s sister went into labour in March this year, she had to run about a kilometre from her home at 2am to find a cellphone signal so she could call an ambulance. The 36-year-old Brenda Muleba was experiencing…
64-year-old Josephine Nyama says when she received a call from neighbours at 6am on New Year’s Day, she heard the shocking news that her brother had been found dead on live wires used for illegal electricity connections in Meriting, Lenasia…
Over two years, Plant Play has reached 542 children aged between 10 and 15 in Diepsloot, Gauteng, one of the thirty gender-based violent hotspot areas in South Africa. These areas were identified by the South African Police Service based on…
MAHIKENG – Pregnant women using Ramatlabama Health Centre outside Mahikeng in the North West Province, say they have been unable to get antenatal supplements from the clinic for months and instead have been advised to buy supplements privately from pharmacies. …
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