A popular hit titled ‘Hot Girl Summer’ by American singer Megan Stallion, has fueled a sense of urgency among young people to get 'vaxxed' and live normal lives again as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc.
A report issued by a community-led monitoring group found that public health facilities in Limpopo face a multitude of challenges, including a shortage of medicine, long waiting times and dilapidated infrastructure.
This African Traditional Medicine Week we profile Thandukuthula Khambule who is affectionately known as "PIMPDLOZI". He is not only a traditional healer, but also an entrepreneur and self-confessed fashionista and says the two lifestyles can happily coexist.
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, praised the Zwartkops Raceway COVID-19 vaccine site which reached a major milestone this week, administering 5000 jabs in only 10 days since it opened. He also thanked Tshwane's very first drive-through facility for helping government reach more adults.
The Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss in Southern Africa has stepped in to secure sponsorship for six-year-old Ruben Scheepers’ life-changing cochlear implant operation. Watch him hear for the first time in this video.
It's African Traditional Medicine Week and a traditional healer in Limpopo is warning people not to use traditional medicine without consulting a trained practitioner, as this could have a devastating impact on their health.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) was left with no choice but to report the Mpumalanga Department of Health to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), after it rejected the party’s concerns about the shortage of medicine at clinics and hospitals.
Written by three women, 'Flow: the book about menstruation' is aimed at revolutionising the conversation about menstruation and helping people better understand of the often-taboo topic.
South Africans are urged to become organ donors and give someone the gift of life, as COVID-19 continues to severely impact organ donations and transplant activity.
Nursing wasn’t her first choice but the profession soon won Ntombiyethu Mtambo over and the young nurse hasn’t looked back. She realised that helping people is a God-given gift and believes her passion will help make a difference in years to come.
While residents in Limpopo live in a nightmare of overflowing sewage and no running water, ANC councillors have been accused of being too busy bickering instead of attending to infrastructure issues plaguing Mahwelereng.
Free State Health MEC, Tate Makgoe, has expressed his concern at the rising number of COVID-19 cases in several schools and has urged learners to exercise extreme caution as the virus continues to batter the province.
A group of bikers in Mpumalanga have joined forces with the province’s health department to encourage people to get the COVID-19 jab.
Patients can resume their chronic treatment after the St Mary’s Hospital in Mariannhill in KwaZulu-Natal announced that a letter confirming their unemployed status is required in order to qualify for free medication.
Last month the National Department of Health’s Director of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB), Dr Norbert Ndjeka, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Cape Town for his work in the field of DR-TB treatment.
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