Xenophobia in the medical field
With sporadic and violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa making global and local headlines, the medical industry is also experiencing this worrying phenomenon.
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.
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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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