As the younger generation flocked to cash pay points to receive their grants, it was the elderly and others who were disadvantaged. Many pensioners braved the long wait because they needed the money to guy groceries.
The elderly, and those living with disabilities, in the North West struggled to get transport to their grant payment points on the fourth day of the national lockdown.
The current state sexual and reproductive rights for transgender people is complicated — with ground-breaking legislation on one hand, but poor communication about what is offered by healthcare facilities and practical barriers to access care on the other.
The South African government is intensifying efforts to test the public for the COVID-19 virus, as the confirmed number of infections increases to 1 326, and results in three deaths.
Initiates in the province will have to wait for their traditional transition into manhood, as initiation schools have been put on ice for this year.
As South Africa continues to take precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, government says it will ensure that those who receive social grants are protected against the spread of the virus as they access their South African Social Security (SASSA) payments
More than one hundred South Africans are set to return to their homes following their evacuation from coronavirus epicenter Wuhan, and subsequent quarantine at the Ranch Hotel, outside Polokwane.
As South Africa went through its first day of lockdown, it had its hiccups and peaked at more than 1000 positive COVID-19 cases.
On the first day of the national lockdown, a frustrated Daveyton resident laments that the government’s plans aren’t well implemented.
South Africa’s long-standing position as a country with high numbers of TB infections continues to worry, especially in light of Covid-19’s spread — but the country has some of the world’s top TB researchers, say experts.
The closures of schools and Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDC) have put additional pressure on parents who still have to go to work despite the outbreak of Covid-19.
Globally, and in South Africa, the number of Covid-19 infections are increasing at an alarming rate. We spoke to a medical epidemiologist, who clears up fact from fiction about the virus’ symptoms, and if you should get tested
At 13, most boys dream of becoming football stars, musicians or famous actors but Thabo Pelesane discovered that he had pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in 1989 while he was still at Itirele Primary School in Jouberton near Klerksdorp.
With one of the world’s highest rates of tuberculosis infection, South Africa’s approach to fighting paediatric TB needs to be multi-pronged.
The 21-day national lockdown will see only essential personnel working, with everyone else staying at home.
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