The Amalooloo Waterless Sanitation System brings safe and sustainable sanitation to learners around the country. The technology offers a solution to areas and schools that do not have access to water.
Health Minister Mkhize orders Gauteng Health Department to “reconcile their data” after embarrassing contradictions in the number of new cases versus recoveries. In the meantime, Western Cape premier issues warning over increased cases.
Grade-R teachers in the Free State are foregoing their maternity leave, for fear of losing their jobs. The women say they are forced to leave their new-born babies to earn a stipend.
The Gauteng Department of Health is trying to fill more than a dozen senior management positions in hospitals across the province. The vacancies come after several managers were removed due to issues including corruption and mismanagement.
#16Days highlighting Gender Based Violence starts hours after a top regional politician is reinstated by the ANC despite being charged with raping his daughters.
For the first time, surgeons in a North West public hospital performed larynx surgery. The life-saving surgery means patients no longer need to travel to other provinces for treatment.
Despite making up a large section of South African society, the news media often ignores children, research shows. When children are featured, the topics are also often negative.
Global activities are planned to make the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. This year the theme is ‘Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!’ Globally, one in three women experience physical or sexual violence, most often perpetrated by an intimate partner.
The first ever joint study estimates that one stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds globally and the situation could worsen with the disruption of health services caused by Covid-19.
Ahead of the summer initiation season, traditional leaders plan to introduce Covid-19 regulations to schools. Traditional leaders want government to lift the ban on initiation schools to prevent illegal schools from mushrooming in the Eastern Cape, writes Thamsanqa Mbovane.
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize visited the Eastern Cape this week, where Covid-19 infections are spiking. Mkhize was met with protesting health workers, who say they are being left out of talks and undermined, report Wara Fana and Thamsanqa Mbovane.
19 November marks World Toilet Day, highlighting the importance of safe sanitation. Yet, some rural schools still have to contend with dangerous pit toilets.
17 November is World Premature Day. This year, experts and paediatricians hope to raise awareness on the factors that lead to pre-term births.
The Limpopo Department of Health handed over CT scanners to five district hospitals this week. For years patients travelled long hours and waited even longer to access just two CT scanners in the province’s public healthcare system.
Government and health experts are focusing on the Eastern Cape, which has seen a spike in Covid-19 infections. The Western Cape has seen a spike too, along with clusters around the country. Minister Zweli Mkhize urged citizens to stick to mask-wearing and social distancing.
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