EASTERN CAPE - While thousands of South Africans are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplants, it remains a difficult task to convince rural black communities to donate organs because of their cultural beliefs.
LIMPOPO – The provision of 400 toilets for the residents of Mavhunga village, outside Louis Trichard, has brought an end to years of struggle.
KWA-ZULU NATAL - Right to Care, together with the Bhekuzulu Self-sustaining Project and the Mpilonhle Sanctuary Organization are working together to offer patients a one-stop shop where they can have all their chronic conditions seen to in a single visit.
A Mpumalanga woman who developed high blood pressure during her pregnancy deeply regrets having stopped taking her medication and switching to traditional medicine after her baby boy arrived early and survived for only one day.
EASTERN CAPE - Holy Cross Hospital nurses might find themselves without accomodation come January 2018. This follows a notice of eviction granted by Anglican Church Mission authorities who claim that the land on which the nurses’ home is situated is owned by the church.
ALEXANDRA – The City of Joburg has embarked on a diabetes awareness campaign in an effort to educate residents of the large township on the dangers of the illness, now ranked the second cause of natural deaths after TB.
The critical care work done by the Alexandra Hospice will no longer be disrupted by the frequent power cuts experienced in the area thanks to the donation of blankets and a generator from African Bank.
As the South African Weather Service has announced that there will be a cold front moving across Johannesburg in the days leading towards the weekend, the City of Johannesburg has urged residents to be cautious.
LIMPOPO - When Lydia Komape (27) even hears the name ‘Michael’ she experiences a surge of anger and sadness as it reminds her of her little brother who died at school when the pit toilet he was using collapsed, causing him to drown in faeces.
LIMPOPO – More than a hundred residents gathered outside the Polokwane High Court on Monday morning to show their support of the family of six-year-old Michael Komape who are suing the Department of Education for the poor sanitation which lead to his death in 2014.
MPUMALANGA - Help is, at last, being given to a 12-year-old boy and his four younger siblings who had to beg for food to keep themselves and their mother alive.
LIMPOPO - After a rush of malaria cases were reported, rural villagers in Vhembe are blaming the illegal dumping of dirty nappies and dirty rivers for fuelling the spread of malaria-carrying mosquitos.
New disciplinary measures, a beefed-up workforce and a solution to niggling underground water issues have the delayed construction of a new public health clinic in 4th Avenue, Alexandra back on track.
After being closed for more than six months for renovations, the Jeppe Clinic has finally been fully renovated.
If Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba gets her way and Treasury grants the funds for her proposal, a new academic hospital will be built for the province.
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