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.
Years after retiring from boxing, Seabelo “HappyBoy” Rapulana (64) continues to keep fit.
Mpumalanga - Carol Ngcamane was recently diagnosed with depression and is slowly coming to terms with the diagnosis.
There are more than 500 000 children with disabilities who are not attending school - this is according to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
While injectable contraceptives are in short supply at Limpopo’s public health facilities emerges, the Department of Health (DoH) maintains there is no crisis and patients need to simply opt for other methods of family planning.
A 26-year-old man from Botshabelo in the Free State, who has battled through years of deep depression, has decided to start a support group to help others like himself.
NORTH-WEST – Sexual assault charges have been laid against a doctor from Ikageng after he allegedly fondled and penetrated a young woman at his practice when she went to him for treatment.
NORTH WEST - The only 24-hour clinic serving the township of Ikaneng – Boiki Tlhapi Clinic – currently has only one working toilet at the facility.
LIMPOPO - Having being diagnosed with stage three osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer - at the age of 23 years, Nomsa Tshingowe (27) of Mulima village, outside Louis Trichard has fought off death.
SOWETO – A network of social franchises has sprung up across Soweto to meet the area’s needs for decent prenatal classes in the townships. Story by Pamela Mkhize.
LIMPOPO – A recent outbreak of cholera and typhoid in Harare, Zimbabwe has left scores of people infected and about 18 people dead, the Department of Health in Limpopo has said that they are more than ready to deal with the deadly diseases.
EASTERN CAPE - Despite ongoing campaigns and intervention programmes promoting safe sex, contraceptive use remains a controversial issue for South African youth.
Health experts have warned that sexually transmitted infections (STI) have increased in South Africa, and say that young people - between the ages of 15 and 24 - are the most likely to contract an STI.
While some parts of Limpopo Province have started reporting cases of malaria, the Malaria Institute in the province has dismissed claims of an outbreak saying everything is in place to control further infections.
Girls still in primary school are among the many learners who have become pregnant. This shocking update emerged during a consultative meeting facilitated by NACOSA, a network of civil society organisations working to turn the tide on HIV, Aids and TB.
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