As school health teams get underway with the country's third annual human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive, Northern Cape public meetings aim to convince skeptical caregivers that the jab may be the best shot young girls have at preventing cervical cancer.
Clean enough to eat off the floors is how some people would expect a clinic to be, but in one Northern Cape clinic this is far from the reality.
Limpopo's Thulamela Local Municipality has fixed a burst sewer pipe that sent putrid sewage spilling onto Thohoyandou city streets for about a week, but residents say they want to know why repairs took so long.
A burst pipe has sent sewage spewing into downtown Thohoyandou, forcing several local businesses to close their doors as the spill continues for almost a week.
The Orlando Community Policing Forum (CPF) recently held its regular anti-drug march through the neighbourhood's streets following allegations that local drug users were behind the theft of new school tablets in the area.
As tertiary institutions reopen across the country, the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA) has issued a strong warning to students to steer clear of performance-enhancing drugs.
Diagnosed blind and mentally disabled as a baby, Prince Makhado has waited a decade to receive the disability grant that could help his family make ends meet. Now, the Makhado family's wait is over.
Missing furniture is being blamed for delaying the opening of Soshanguve’s new Block JJ Clinic, which was slated to re-open last year.
Monica Moloi spent hours watching patients queue at her nextdoor clinic until she realised she was looking at an opportunity.
Recent violent demarcation protests in Limpopo’s Vuwani area shuttered schools and barred access to local health facilities.
Hlalelani Primary School pupils are back in school following the delivery of new classrooms and toilets to the school about a week after learners boycotted the school following a partial roof collapse.
For some rural patients, hundreds of kilometres and long nights spent sleeping in the cold can stand between them and care for complicated illnesses like cancer and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). One Northern Cape hospital is making the journey a little easier.
Erectile dysfunction is not just for older men. While studies show that even younger men battle the condition, most men may not be ready to talk about it.
Dozens of Tshwane patients face a long, hot wait daily for services at Mabopane's Tlamelong Clinic as the facility runs short of space and chairs.
A Northern Cape community has been shocked by the suicide attempt by a 10-year-old boy. Experts say that children who attempt suicide may be calling out for help to deal with anxiety and an inability to cope with certain situations.
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