A new programme aimed at addressing the high mortality rate of children under five years old has been launched in the Eastern Cape – using puppets and educational play to teach small children basic healthcare that could save their lives. Siya Booi reports...
Villages in Qwaqwa in the Free State, hit by drought in June 2015, are continuing to struggle severe water shortages.
After several months off school because of a ongoing protests in the area, pupils from the Vuwani in Limpopo’s Vhembe district are finally back at school, ready for long days as they try to catch up.
Dieketseng Mofokeng of Qwaqwa in the Free State, like many people, has always associated skin cancer with fair-skinned people, believing that darker skin offered greater protection from the sun.
A 22 year old Free State woman, currently in hospital with a massive infection and bleeding following a home abortion, is to be arrested and charged with murder when she is discharged.
Residents of Berea – a high density suburb in Joburg’s inner city – say their area has been neglected, they are not receiving services and their health is at risk because of filth.
There are just over three weeks to go until the inaugural eHealthALIVE2016 event takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 6 to 7 September 2016.
For five years, no teacher raised a problem with a text book that blames a girl for her rape.
A teenager from Soweto who has been suffering from elephantiasis for six years, and who only recently discovered that he was born HIV positive, will soon receive the treatment he desperately needs.
A new study found that one hour of daily exercise can completely eliminate the health risks of prolonged sitting.
Young nurses in Gauteng are unhappy about pay and working conditions in government hospitals, and recently marched to the Gauteng Department of Health (GPDOH) to raise their concerns.
After several months of receiving poor treatment at local health facilities, dozens of residents of some East Rand townships have met with investigators and are hoping action will soon be taken.
Three years after a young man was abducted and killed at an initiation school, some schools are working with Western doctor to safeguard initiates’ health.
If we don’t get more heterosexual men to test for HIV, the world is going to miss  the UNAIDS target of 90 percent of HIV positive people knowing their status by 2020, according to experts.
Prince Harry has told global leaders that HIV remains among the most pressing and urgent challenges facing the world.
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