Clinic services improve under new management
OURHEALTH. ' If you arrive at Kgabo Clinic in Winterveld at five in the morning you will find there are already close to 100 people queuing. by Mishack Mahlangu.
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KZN community suffers without municipal services
OURHEALTH. - Residents from the Shiya Bazali township face many of challenges every day. The informal settlement has no municipal services which mean no electricity, no flushing toilets and only one communal tap for the whole township. By Lungile Ngubane
Blood donors save countless lives
OURHEALTH. - Dr Pieter Murray is a Bethlehem resident and one of the area's approximately 4 500 donors with the South African National Blood Services (SANBS). by Selloane Molakeng
Township toilets sickening
OURHEALTH. ' Residents of the Selahliwe informal settlement have had to deal with poor sanitation and disgraceful toilet facilities for years. by Thamsanqa Majola.
OurHealth: TB patient in the dark about treatment
Story by Mtshana Mvlisi, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.
Community stands together against HIV
OURHEALTH. - Community members from the Vhembe district in Limpopo this week held a gathering at the Matavhela Clinic to celebrate the success the community has achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Story by Surprise Nemalale.
Book illustrates how mental illness can be overcome
OURHEALTH. - Mashudu Maemu and Oscar Magedana wrote an inspirational book to help discourage discrimination against mental illness. Story by Ndivhuwo Musetha.
OurHealth: ‘Exercise keeps me young’
Story by Thamsanqa Majola, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Bethlehem in the Free State.
OurHealth: Counsellors demoralised by working conditions
Story by Mishack Mahlangu, the OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the Tshwane district in Gauteng.
OurHealth: Patients injured in hospital bus accident
Story by Thandeka Vinjwa, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.
OurHealth: Discharged patients have to stay in hospital
Story by Mtshana Mvlisi, an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.
OurHealth: Organisation uplifts Mpophomeni community
Article by Lungile Ngubane, an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting form the Mgungundlovu district in KwaZulu-Natal.
OurHealth: Hospital fails community
Story by Thandeka Vinjwa, an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape.
OurHealth: Traditional healer arrested in connection with rape
Story by Sydney Makgai, an OurHealth citizen journalist reporting on health issues in the Tshwane district, Gauteng.
Tshwane patients complain about poor care
Health workers urge patients of Tshwane’s Dilopye Clinic to put complaints in writing as community members continue to complain about poor care at doctor’s hands.
