Men, in general, can be reluctant in accessing health care because of the cultural belief that being touched by female health care workers is a sign of weakness. This can change with dedicated men's centres.
With sporadic and violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa making global and local headlines, the medical industry is also experiencing this worrying phenomenon.
While men are generally the perpetrators of gender-based violence (GBV), there are some who are doing their part to fight it.
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.
OurHealth journalist, Marcia Zali finds out about the experiences women and mothers are having using a messaging service.
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.
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.
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).
Each person takes home a packet of vegetables every day and the money maintains many families.
The water-scarce condition in the Eastern Cape isn't only a threat to farmers, but to the country's food security too.
"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.
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.
A community is dismayed that promises made by government to rebuild a clinic is not being fulfilled.
A newly launched programme that should have been benefitting health care workers has been marred by allegations of corruption.
Some of society's most helpless people are admitted to the Free State Psychiatric Complex for care. But with the challenges the facility has, it’s unable to do that to the best of its ability.
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