HIV+ teens keen to speak at AIDS Conference
NORTHERN CAPE - Future leaders is a group of Kuruman youth living with HIV who have decided that they want to attend next year’s Aids Conference in Durban.
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Alex youth use yoga to win in life
What started out as a small yoga practice for stressed teenagers in Alexandra township has grown into a large health club with almost 500 members – many of them using yoga to deal with life.
Cultural perceptions fuel obesity in rural areas
LIMPOPO - Eating pap twice a day and drinking a lot of sugary drinks has contributed in Fhulufhelo Tshivhase (29), of Duthuni village, becoming overweight. It is something she now regrets.
No headway in TB hotspot
Tuberculosis infections in the Northern Cape have been rising steeply, particularly in the John Taolo Gasetsewe District.
Multi million safety project becomes a crime haven
A R40-million road upgrade project intended to benefit the people of the Eastern Cape has instead resulted in a massive crime wave in the areas near the N2 highway bridge.
Unpaid grants leave kids in shelters vulnerable
Several homes for vulnerable children in Alexandra and the surrounding areas are begging the Department of Social Development to pay them the temporary safety care grant money they are entitled to.
EC men open dialogue against domestic abuse
Men of the Eastern Cape are hungry, angry and unless poverty and unemployment are addressed properly, the province will continue to have the highest rape and murder rates in the country along with the lowest employment.
Hundreds of toilets for rural community in Limpopo
The provision of 400 toilets for the residents of Mavhunga village, outside Louis Trichard, has brought an end to years of struggle.
Coping with bipolar in a rural community
People living with mental health disorders generally struggle to find the correct help and treatment – particularly those living in rural areas.
Joburg gogos use boxing to keep fit
A group of grannies from Cosmo City, a township north of Johannesburg, have taken up boxing as a means to keep fit and strong – claiming they feel “powerful and light” after training.
Plans to relocate Standerton TB Hospital
The Standerton TB hospital in Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande District could possibly be relocated to other premises in the province where it will be better used.
When a ‘bundle of joy’ becomes a mental struggle
Postnatal depression doesn’t only threaten the health of parents. Failing to bond with babies in their crucial first months of life can predispose a child to range of mental health and developmental problems. HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green finds out why South African parents, especially mothers, are depressed and what it could take to lift their moods through connecting with their new-borns.
Act ushers in April sugar levy
South Africans will start paying tax on sugary drinks from 1 April 2018, according to an Act gazetted yesterday.
SA mom gets the country’s first bionic hand
Mpumalanga mother Bridgette Mokoena, who lost part of her hand in a car crash in 2010, is the first South African to receive a bionic hand replacement.
Life Esidimeni: A snapshot of the tragedy
Here, Health-e has only profiled 10 former Life Esidimeni (LE) patients, and the circumstances around their deaths, but it provides a glimpse into the dignity denied to both mental health care users and their families before, during and after the fatal move.