Psychiatrists raise dagga concerns
Research has shown that 9% of individuals who experiment with cannabis will become addicted to it - this number increases when use starts during adolescence.
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Home Affairs mix up means no grant money
Limpopo - Gogo Maria Lebepe (67) said she should be resting at home looking after her grandchildren but instead she is being sent from pillar to post by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) as a mix-up with her ID drags on.
‘I speak to my daughter about sex’ says single dad
A single father of a 14-year-old daughter says the days are gone when it was taboo for dads to speak to their daughters about sex.
Too few schools for disabled kids
It’s Tuesday afternoon on a dusty street of Kanana Park near Orange Farm in Gauteng. Fistos plays with other children until his mother calls him. Fistos doesn’t miss any communication with his mom, Cynthia Cutshwa (38). They understand each other.
Home birth risky without professional assistance
Some women in Mpumalanga prefer giving birth to their children at home rather than going to hospital, prompting concerns that traditional birth attendants are not skilled to deal with any problems that might occur during delivery.
Limpopo Health confident of turnaround strategy
The Limpopo Department of Health is confident that it has developed a turnaround strategy that will successfully revive the healthcare system in the province.
High infant death rate in ‘dysfunctional’ ward
The infant mortality rate at the Pelonomi Regional Hospital in Bloemfontein, Free State, is almost three times higher than the national average - and many of these deaths could have been avoided.
100 year-old woman’s secrets to good health
Annah Tau has never bothered about trying to remain young - the resident of the Tembisa Old Age Home is 100 years old and says the main secret to living a long life is to avoid stress.
Addicts target patients for their medication
Drug addicts who live near the Boiki Tlhapi Clinic in Ikageng, North West, are apparently robbing patients of their medication.
Cultural reasons hamper skin donation drive
South Africa has a dire shortage of skin to treat burn victims and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Centre for Tissue Engineering and the Organ Donor Foundation have issued an urgent plea for more people to become skin and organ donors.
Hardships of caring for a mentally ill parent
FREE STATE - Seipati Radimo (21) says caring for her mentally ill mother affects her school performance by causing her to lose focus.
Teen pregnancy and HIV infections plague Vhembe
LIMPOPO – Newly released statistics from rural clinics outside of Thohoyandou show that children as young as nine are falling pregnant or acquiring HIV infections.
The unbearable pain of losing a baby
NORTHERN CAPE – Women who have suffered miscarriages, stillbirths or are forced to undergo a pregnancy termination for medical reasons agree that the pain of losing an unborn child is unbearable.
Patients’ files dumped in abandoned building
LIMPOPO - Tons of boxes of patients’ files have been dumped in an old building which used to be the Nkhensani Hospital in Giyani.
Beauty contest for disabled rural women a hit
LIMPOPO - As results of a huge number of participants and attendance drawn by a beauty contest staged to empower and uplift rural women living with various disabilities, the organisers have promised to make the contest an annual event.