Ups and downs of bipolar disorder
Mpumalanga - Ndumiso Prince Cele turned to alcohol and drugs in an attempt to cope with the “shame” of suffering from bipolar disorder.
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Villagers’ treacherous journey for healthcare
For KwaMhlanga villagers seeking healthcare may actually kill them. Many residents of the Eastern Cape village have deserted health services due to the alarming rate of rape and murders in a forest separating the village and the clinic in Flagstaff town.
Ill woman’s ‘sangoma trauma’
When she was 28, Isabell Gama from Emanyeveni in Mpumalanga thought that the tingling in her feet was due to idlozi; her ancestors were calling her to become a sangoma but she had not answered the call.
Villagers’ treacherous journey for healthcare
For KwaMhlanga villagers seeking healthcare may actually kill them. Many residents of the Eastern Cape village have deserted health services due to the alarming rate of rape and murders in a forest separating the village and the clinic in Flagstaff town.
Ill woman’s ‘sangoma trauma’
When she was 28, Isabell Gama from Emanyeveni in Mpumalanga thought that the tingling in her feet was due to idlozi; her ancestors were calling her to become a sangoma but she had not answered the call.
Community suffers as leaders squabble over clinic site
Residents of Makhwaleni Village, near the Eastern Cape town of Lusikisiki, have been deprived of a new clinic for years as the Amakhwalo Chief and the ward councillor squabble over where it should be built.
Community suffers as leaders squabble over clinic site
Residents of Makhwaleni Village, near the Eastern Cape town of Lusikisiki, have been deprived of a new clinic for years as the Amakhwalo Chief and the ward councillor squabble over where it should be built.
Hospital progress praised
LIMPOPO - The new management team at Tshilidzini Hospital, outside Thohoyandou, has rolled up their sleeves and is getting the hospital back on track. This is after the previous administration was fired for incompetence.
Hospital progress praised
LIMPOPO - The new management team at Tshilidzini Hospital, outside Thohoyandou, has rolled up their sleeves and is getting the hospital back on track. This is after the previous administration was fired for incompetence.
Making farming fashionable for health
An entrepreneurial Limpopo farmer has a fresh solution to many of South Africa’s problems: to instil a culture of eating fruit and vegetables, especially among youth in rural areas
Making farming fashionable for health
An entrepreneurial Limpopo farmer has a fresh solution to many of South Africa’s problems: to instil a culture of eating fruit and vegetables, especially among youth in rural areas
New students reluctant to test for HIV
LIMPOPO - Only a handful of new students at Vhembe TVET College’s Makwarela campus rolled up their sleeves for an HIV test, and the head of the campus clinic is concerned.
New students reluctant to test for HIV
LIMPOPO - Only a handful of new students at Vhembe TVET College’s Makwarela campus rolled up their sleeves for an HIV test, and the head of the campus clinic is concerned.
Neglected clinic’s unbearable stench
LIMPOPO - A water crisis, piles of stinking garbage and a shortage of HIV tests are the triple challenges staff and patients at the Sibasa Clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, deal with daily.
Neglected clinic’s unbearable stench
LIMPOPO - A water crisis, piles of stinking garbage and a shortage of HIV tests are the triple challenges staff and patients at the Sibasa Clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, deal with daily.