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.
Days after a deputy minister bashed a woman in a club, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula issued a six-point plan to fight sexual and domestic violence.
For Thuthuzela Care Centres operating in rural areas such as Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, rape cases that go unreported and are discussed only by traditional councils remain the biggest challenge for the centres.
LIMPOPO - Despite several campaigns and pleas by the residents, cases of domestic violence in the Vhembe district are on the increase.
Goodman Gwala had dreams of playing professional football but now he struggles to walk after his left toes were amputated. The cause? Diabetes.
The refusal of large numbers of healthworkers to perform abortions is driving women to seek unsafe backstreet procedures. Professor EDDIE MHLANGA calls on medical schools to address students’ bias against abortion and teach them how to remedy botched procedures
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