The dead have one final shot at justice. It lies with the medical officers who sign their death certificate. They are supposed to refer questionable deaths for post-mortems, but even this was bungled for the Esidimeni patients. SARAH WILD reports
A team of psychologists will today (Monday 4 September) be visiting the Khulamlambo Primary School in Mpumalanga after a 9-year-old pupil committed suicide at the school on Friday.
Three out of four South African adults are supportive of government’s efforts to enforce policies that will discourage people from consuming sugary drinks and junk food.
A 15 year-old girl who was gang-raped and injured so badly that she has to undergo a hysterectomy now lives in constant fear.
This form should never exist. It's the form that is used to document child rape.
Limpopo - Pastor Confidence Monyela (32) from Mariveni village near Nkowankowa outside Tzaneen, on trial for raping four young girls during prayer sessions, has pleaded not guilty to five charges of rape and one charge of sexual assault.
A massive shortages of hospital beds for psychiatric patients in Gauteng is compromising patient care.
Many battered women who feel they cannot leave their situations – either because they have nowhere to go or they fear for their lives – can access help.
Do you need a dentist and live in North West? Best you move, especially if your teeth need any special attention.
EASTERN CAPE - Youth volunteers have helped build over 30 homes for destitute beneficiaries over the past month in a project aimed at skills development in Pungulelweni village, Ntabankulu, in the Eastern Cape.
Death rates have declined, largely due to successes in HIV, but a lot more needs to be done to defeat its “terrible twin”, tuberculosis (TB).
EASTERN CAPE - South African Police Services in the Port Saint Johns cluster have been campaigning and hosting programmes across the cluster to raise awareness on woman and child safety throughout this month.
LIMPOPO - About 60 rural orphans from Tsianda village Drop-in Centre, outside of Thohoyandou, sang and danced with joy when food parcels were dropped off for them at the Thohoyandou Indoor Sports Centre.
She defends a woman basher and undermines ARVs, yet the controversial Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe is apparently heading for a prestigious position on the SA National AIDS Council board.
Eastern Cape - Dlibona residents are devastated by repeated empty promises by the local government to address an illegal dump site in their area.
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