Platinum status for new clinic
Two new clinics are transforming the lives of rural communities in Mpumalanga, where people no longer have had to travel long distances to get medical attention
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‘My street is a dump site’
Residents are tired of people dumping their rubbish wherever they feel like it in Pestana
Limpopo reassures patients on ARVs
The Limpopo health department says the shortage of antiretroviral medicine in Vuwani clinics is related to a national supply problem rather than violence in the area.
Rural grannies walk for health
In a remote rural village, community leaders are educating the elderly about how to stay healthy
Gogo’s deathbed wish fails
For over a year a social worker has worked tirelessly to try and reunite a sick 86-year-old Limpopo woman with her long lost family, but to no avail.
Gay-friendly clinic launched in Ermelo
A gay-friendly clinic was launched this week in Ermelo in Mpumalanga amid a warning from the provincial health MEC that homophobic staff needed to improve their attitude.
Community angry after files found in dump
Confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of health care. So when patients’ private records with sensitive information from a local clinic were found strewn across a local dumpster in Standerton, the town was in uproar.
Passionate Wentworth women help anyone in need
Three community health workers have dedicated their lives to helping vulnerable Wentworth residents.
QwaQwa water crisis deepens
The Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital, which is the main hospital in Qwaqwa, has no running water and the toilets are in a mess.
Patients allegedly turned away as hospital runs dry
Patients have accused Mpumalanga’s Themba Hospital of turning them away after taps recently ran dry at the hospital.
Mpumalanga holds first people’s health assembly
Mpumalanga recently welcomed its first provincial People’s Health Assembly as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and others continue to bemoan staff shortages.
Tshwane water plant upgrade underway
Upgrades to the Magalies Water Purification Plant near Hammanskraal are expected to bring relief to water insecure communities not only in Gauteng but in the North West’s Moretele Local Municipality.
Autism awareness, services remain scarce
About one in every 110 children may be born with autism but the condition remains a mystery to most leaving children and parents unsure, unsupported and more often than not - judged.
May celebrations honour nurses with heart
Every May, the world marks International Nurses Day. We take a look at how the Free State and Northern Cape said "thank you" to South Africa's nurses.
Child waits 10 years for wheelchair
Tumelo Letsitsa from Qwaqwa is like “a new child” ever since he got a wheelchair a month ago.