The Limpopo health department denies there a shortage of medication crucial for mothers who’ve just given birth. They have just 72 hours to take it after delivery, but a hospital in Limpopo is allegedly sending patients home without it.
Non-profit organisation (NPO), Meals on Wheels Community Services South Africa is dedicated to providing wholesome dishes to impoverished people in Limpopo.
The community protested, activists threatened legal action and a settlement was reached. Seven years later, the newly built permanent Village Clinic is opened.
“Ever since I moved back into my house six year ago, life has been difficult,” says Mita Mokape.
“As we were being discharged, the nurse told my partner and me that we must pay the R621 because we are not South African,” says a young mother.
An elderly woman has been waiting to see a specialist for two years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, writes Colen Seboholi.
As more and more people turn to community gardening; an elderly former teacher has already been doing it for the past eight years to encourage people to eat healthier food.
“The health of the land is linked to people’s health and future.” This is Khaya Mposula’s ethos, an organic farmer in the Eastern Cape.
Loved ones are finding it hard to move on a year after three firefighters died while trying to distinguish a fire at the Bank of Lisbon building, which housed the Gauteng health department.
An initiative in the North West supplies farm fresh vegetables to the needy at an affordable price to keep hunger at bay.
Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) teaches learners in Soweto and Tembisa about understanding more about the food they eat, writes Pamela Mkhize.
Unathi Seobi from Ikageng in Potchefstroom says she waited eight hours for an ambulance when her mother urgently needed medical attention.
The addition of emergency vehicles to the Eastern Cape fleet is welcomed but a trade union says more staff is also needed.
Members of the country’s biggest medical aid scheme — government employees — are concerned about the implementation of universal healthcare.
Rape is not only a criminal act but also a health problem because of the possibility of sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancies, and mental health issues that arise in the aftermath.
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