Gauteng MEC for Health Qedani Mahlangu appoints 27 new health workers for the Natalspruit Hospital east of Johannesburg following OurHealth coverage of a man who died after waiting 12 hours for a bed.
The City of Tshwane has begun providing small farmer cooperatives with inputs and training in an effort to promote food gardens and combat hunger.
Bheki Mabuya allegedly waited 12 hours for a bed at the Natalspruit Hospital after being admitted with meningitis. Mabuya’s family has alleged that he died due to hospital negligence.
Male students at South Western Gauteng College’s Dobsonville campus say the technical school’s loos are a minefield of blocked toilets, stinking water and broken taps.
In a country where about one in ten people are living with HIV, only about a quarter of young people know how the virus is transmitted. Nomthandazo Kumalo is trying to change that.
In the rural North West town of Makwassie, poverty continues to fuel drug use and crime, according to community members who recently participated in a mock debate as part of a community dialogue.
Doris Nkosi, 35, says she spent years digging her own grave by smoking and neglecting her health until the words of her 5-year-old son changed all that.
Mothers should not administer homemade, soap-based enemas to infants, cautions University of Limpopo’s Dr Matsontso Mathebula after a Pretoria infant risked dehydration following her mother’s recent attempt to rid her of tape worms with a bath soap enema.
About 200 activists from civil society organisations spent yesterday canvassing Johannesburg’s inner-city ahead of tomorrow’s march in protest of recent xenophobic violence that is expected to draw 30,000.
Priscilla Mkhwanazi was always her mother’s favourite but being the apple of her mother’s eye came at a high price as she tells OurHealth’s Cynthia Maseko.
More than 30,000 people are expected to attend a Johannesburg march Thursday to protest recent xenophobic violence in the country.
More than 500 activists recently picketed outside the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' (DAFF) Pretoria offices to demand public consultations on government's latest policy to address hunger.
Soshanguve community members recently came together to install new windows in the home of 67-year-old Daddy Maubane about two years after a storm damaged the large windows in Maubane’s home.
Following weeks of allegedly sporadic access to water in Mabopane’s Central View north of Pretoria, work to upgrade local water lines has been completed.
Shoshanguve mums say they are connecting with the Department of Health’s new MomConnect SMS service.
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