MAHIKENG – Pregnant women using Ramatlabama Health Centre outside Mahikeng in the North West Province, say they have been unable to get antenatal supplements from the clinic for months and instead have been advised to buy supplements privately from pharmacies. …
25-year old Tiisetso Lekgetho experiences painful periods with heavy bleeding that keeps her home two or three days a month, unable to look for work or go about her normal life. Lekgetho, from Tsetse village outside Mahikeng in the North…
Every month Mapiti Seleka puts aside her R370 unemployment grant, knowing that when food prices rise again, she will not have to face them alone. Together with 44 other households in Tsetse Village outside Mafikeng, she belongs to the Reabetswe…
Patients at Itsoseng Community Health Centre in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality in North West waited months for dental care because of anaesthetic shortages. Now stock has arrived, but intermittent water supply means some dental procedures still cannot be performed. When…
Women in parts of Gauteng have made similar complaints, saying they have experienced shortages of injectables and the implant.
For many parents, education is one of the most difficult hurdles. Specialised schools are few, often far away, and have limited intakes.
There are no rehabilitation centres in Mahikeng. The entire North West province has only two functional government rehab centres.
Smallholder farmers say they are relying on home remedies to try to protect their cattle from Foot-and-mouth disease.
The mother says she was exposed to the sewage-contaminated environment throughout her pregnancy.
Residents also fear long-term environmental damage and declining property value.
Unemployment doesn’t just affect income; it disrupts identity, purpose, and emotional well-being
The Potchefstroom pride mural was previously vandalised in 2023. And in 2024, a student was suspended after disrupting a first-year orientation event for being inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community.
The lag in immunisation has been attributed to several factors, including disruptions caused by COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine hesitancy.
Some patients had to fast from 10pm the previous night in preparation for the procedure, only to be informed in the morning that the surgery had been cancelled
Patients have reported receiving incorrect prescription spectacles or have experienced long waits, sometimes years, for their spectacles.
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