GBV in the Free State prompts community activism
While men are generally the perpetrators of gender-based violence (GBV), there are some who are doing their part to fight it.
Pensioner’s backyard garden feeds his family
A pensioner in the North West created his vegetable 20 years ago. Since then, it has gone a long way to feed his family, he says.
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Pregnant women and mothers happy with MomConnect
OurHealth journalist, Marcia Zali finds out about the experiences women and mothers are having using a messaging service.
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Mentally ill child allegedly raped in at a Limpopo disability centre
After receiving queries from Health-e, Limpopo MEC confirms that a 10-year-old girl has been raped on two different occasions, however, the centre denies it took place at their premises.
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‘We also want to be treated as human beings’
Patients with mental health issues in Limpopo have been abandoned by their families at a facility. It is one example of the challenges associated with stigma.
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GBV: How women are forced to adapt their lifestyles
Everyday activities such as walking in the street, going to gym, or using public transport can be a fraught exercise for women with the rise in gender-based violence (GBV).
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‘I have never slept on an empty stomach’
Each person takes home a packet of vegetables every day and the money maintains many families.
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Drought in the Eastern Cape crippling small-scale farmers
The water-scarce condition in the Eastern Cape isn’t only a threat to farmers, but to the country’s food security too.
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Lupus: the ‘invisible’ disease
“Lupus mimics other diseases in your body and the community still doesn’t understand what it is,” says Daniella Djan who is living with the condition.
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Union displeased by assaulted nurse’s dismissal
The National Educators and Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) isn’t happy with the manner in which the case of a nurse who was allegedly assaulted by a nursing manager, was handled.
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Country’s worst clinic will not be rebuilt, merely renovated
A community is dismayed that promises made by government to rebuild a clinic is not being fulfilled.
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Gauteng health accused of diverting community projects funds to employee programme
A newly launched programme that should have been benefitting health care workers has been marred by allegations of corruption.
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