HIV positive mom’s breastfeeding worries
LIMPOPO – After living in denial of being HIV positive, a rural mother has finally come to accept her status through a process of questioning whether or not to breastfeed her new baby.
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Patients forced to sleep on the floor
EASTERN CAPE – Patients from rural Mbizana, who rely on state transport to get them to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Umthatha for specialist treatment, have to sleep on the floor while they wait for an ambulance.
Limpopo health system on the verge of collapse
LIMPOPO – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has described the crisis happening at public health facilities in Limpopo as in need of urgent intervention before the health system collapses.
Vhembe battles rising rate of child abuse
LIMPOPO – The already-high numbers of reported cases of child abuse – physical and sexual – has activists who are watching the situation concerned, as they have noticed a steady rise in numbers.
EC schools need billions to replace pit latrines
More than 3000 schools in the Eastern Cape Province – about 60% of all schools in the province – don’t have proper sanitation.
Father desperate to get son off drugs
Mpumalanga - A desperate father in Nyibe community is desperate to find help for his 13-year-old drug addict son.
Komape case heads to the Supreme Court
LIMPOPO - Judge Gerrit Muller of the Polokwane High Court on Tuesday dismissed the Komape family leave to appeal against his decision to grant them no compensation for the emotional trauma and shock they have experienced.
Poor families forced to feed from dumping sites
MPUMALANGA – Forced to find ways of surviving, several poor families from the Msukaligwa area have found ways to feed their families from municipal dumping sites.
Disabled woman’s quest to inspire others to achieve their dreams
LIMPOPO - Born and bred in deep rural area of Tshilamba, outside Thohoyandou in Vhembe, Tinyiko Gwambe (22) is wheelchair-bound but has never allowed her disability to stop her quest to be well educated.
Hungry learners embarked on strike action
The Eastern Cape’s Department of Basic Education has failed on several levels, with the latest being its failure to provide food to hungry learners – sparking a school strike in the province.
These learners will not drop out of school this year
LIMPOPO - Many learners in deep rural villages in Vhembe drop out of school every winter for no reason other than they have no shoes and cannot walk to school barefoot in the biting cold.
Community demands the rebuilding of clinic
LIMPOPO - Cracked walls and damaged ceilings characterise the Lephepane Clinic outside Tzaneen where the clinic committee is demanding that the facility be rebuilt.
CHAPS promote MMC over mountain initiations
LIMPOPO - As June fast approaches many young boys in the Vhembe district will be sent to mountain schools for circumcision at the annual winter initiation schools.
Teens admit to negative social media influence
Northern Cape - Teenagers attending a recent Girls Talk show held by civil society Sector Leader Masego Gaserekwe, who is also a training facilitator for FAMSA have admitted that social media is impacting badly on their lives.
Gum disease can be prevented
MPUMALANGA - Many moms say they are not aware of gum disease when their children are diagnosed with the condition, unaware that it can be easily prevented by good dental hygiene and brushing twice a day.
