LUSIKISIKI. - Makazi Damane is a 42-year-old Lusikisiki man living at the low-income housing scheme in at Joe Slovo. He was diagnosed with HIV and started antiretroviral treatment in 2006, but from 2010 have been going on and off of treatment.
LUSIKISIKI – Communities living in the Dubana and Mevana villages here were recently educated on the importance of adhering to treatment regimens.
VHEMBE. ' Matavhela pre-school made the news last year due to the poor, unsafe conditions at the facility, despite the principal's request to the Department of Education's to upgrade it.
SOSHANGUVE. ' A young mother here is enduring a lot of hardship while waiting for the Human Settlement Department to construct housing as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
LUSIKISIKI. ' Ayanda*, a 19-year-old girl from Joe Slovo Park, was drugged and then filmed while three men raped her. One of the men was her boyfriend, Siyanda*, who alledgedly said that by filming the act he wanted to make her famous.
SOSHANGUVE ' In the run-up to the long weekends in March and April, Clinic 2 and Maria Rantho were running with skeleton staff because most staff had gone on holidays already.
Sesifuba TB hospital in the Msukaligwa Municipality is recording successes in the fight against tuberculosis despite some challenges.
BETHLEHEM. ' In November last year OurHealth reported on the tragic death of Boitumelo Mokoena (5) who died in the casualty ward at Phekolong District Hospital in Bethlehem after she was knocked down by a car. On that specific day only two nurses were on duty in the ward which led to slow service delivery and resulted in Boitumelo not being treated in time.
VHEMBE. ' Young people in Matavhela village here have expressed their worry and disappointment about the closure of the Love Life site at their local clinic.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Tandeka Vinjwa-Hlongwane, one of OurHealth's citizen journaliasts who often reports on the poor health services in the Eastern Cape, recently had first-hand experience of the health systems there.
LUSIKISIKI. ' A 27-year-old woman was only treated for pain she has been experiencing in her feet after complaining for six months.
VHEMBE. ' On Women's Day about 350 people gathered at Guyuni Clinic here to celebrate the occasion.
THOHOYANDOU. ' During a recent school visit, officers from the Mutale Police Station advised learners at the Matavhela Secondary School in Mutale on how to protect themselves against rape.
ERMELO. ' Patients on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment here are excited about the roll-out of the single-dose ARVs in April. This, they believe, will improve their quality of life through decreased side-effects and easier adherence.
TSWANE. ' There was an urgent call to classify a concoction called Nyaope as a banned illegal substance at a two-day summit by the Department of Social Development recently held in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Together with the ban, community leaders also lobbied to make the possession of the substance a prosecutable offence.
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