Diepsloot kids get food boost
Almost three-quarters of Diepsloot residents live below the poverty line, while over half of adults are unemployed, according to Kliptown and Diepsloot study done by Planact.
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Welfare system fails rural orphans
While it takes 30 working days for a foster care grant to be processed, checked and either approved or refused, the system has failed four orphan children from rural Tzaneen for well over a year.
Potchefstroom Hospital’s filing disaster
On a Monday at 7.30am the waiting area at the Potchefstroom Hospital in the North West province is packed full of patients. Every seat is taken, people stand at the door and general chit chat revolves around how many hours people expect to spend in the queue.
Consumers react to new sugary drinks tax
Now that government’s strategy to reduce the sugar intake through the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages – known as a Health Promotion Levy – consumers in general remain cynical, believing it may not have the desired impact.
SA’s first health tax – but will it work?
Over the Easter weekend, South Africa became the first African country to impose an excise tax on sugary drinks, a move that has been welcomed by health experts but condemned as ‘nanny-ish’ by free marketeers.
Myth-busting the new sugar tax
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the sugar tax which was officially implemented on April 1. The tax, equivalent to a levy of about 11 percent on can of coke, is aimed at tackling South Africa’s obesity epidemic and the diseases associated with it. Health-e News busted five common myths.
Lawyers take on listeriosis in class action suit
Emboldened by the recent Life Esidimeni constitutional damages award, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tiger Brands and Enterprise Products on behalf of the listeriosis victims.
No meat for Bophelong Hospital patients
As the North West Health Department's financial crisis deepens, so hospital patients are bearing the brunt. Graeme Makam reports that patients at mental health facility Bophelong Hospital in Mahikeng to receive no meat with their meals as from this coming Saturday(31 March).
Spare your babies from salt – and hypertension
Parents should give their babies food with little or no salt to ensure that they don’t grow up with a taste for unhealthy salty food.
Running to ease her pain and that of others
After losing her father due to suicide in 2010, Zanele Hlatshwayo (35) from Orlando West in Soweto turned to running as a way of easing her own pain, and is now set on using her athleticism to raise funds to help people suffering from depression and mental illness.
Some tuckshops continue to sell polony ‘kotas’
Despite the deadly listeriosis outbreak, tuck shops close to schools in Duduza are still serving school children ‘kotas’ with processed meat.
WORLD TB DAY: Breakthrough returns to 100-year-old vaccine
A breakthrough South African study may change the course of vaccine research for the world's number one infectious-disease killer: tuberculosis (TB). While a new vaccine has been heralded as the only hope, researchers have returned to an old vaccine discovered almost 100 years ago for answers.
Op-ed: Championing a TB free South Africa
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is that fiery blend of political activism, commitment to mission, and professional competence that will help to bring an end to tuberculosis (TB), writes TB Proof's Ingrid Schoeman ahead of World TB Day on Saturday.
Op-ed: New health product regulatory authority launched
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority shows promise for more efficient review and approval of medical devices and medicines, writes PATH's Yolanda Moyo.
Op-ed: What you didn’t see at the Esidimeni arbitration
The decision of Former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke in the Life Esidimeni arbitration is an important landmark following more than two years of resistance, negotiation, confrontation, heart break and horror, writes Section27 attorney.