‘I didn’t even know I was pregnant’
Nokuthula Dlamini, 25, from Bethlehem, Free State got the surprise of her life when she was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains and only to discover that she was pregnant and in labour.
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Slideshow: What’s for dinner?
As food prices continue to climb, we look at how four South African families are coping.
People living with disabilities urged to keep fit
A recent sporting event in Limpopo encourages the disabled to exercise to keep healthy.
Revenge porn distributors to face the law – SAPS
A 32-year-old Free State man who sent a video of himself and his under-age girlfriend having sex to friends and teachers at the girl’s school could be in hot water, says SA Police Service National Spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo.
Standerton Hospital opens wellness clinic
Mpumalanga’s Standerton Hospital opened a new wellness clinic to improve services and shorten wait times this week.
‘I sleep with older men so that we can eat’
Poverty-stricken children in the Free State are being forced into prostitution, often by their families, in order to be able to eat.
‘Sexual abuse of disabled a big concern’
Special Olympics South Africa has called on local communities to fight to stop the scourge of sexual abuse perpetrated against the disabled.
Hawkers peddle rotten wares to pupils
A Limpopo headmaster is livid at street hawkers who have been selling his pupils rotten food and has banished the hawkers from the school area.
Church leaders asked to preach health from the pulpit
Community health care workers and religious leaders in Douglas, Northern Cape have joined hands to help improve health care and education in the community.
University students urged to be HIV, STI savvy
Some students go to university to get an education, but leave with not only a degree but also HIV or a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to University of KwaZulu Natal’s HIV/AIDS Programme co-ordinator Nomonde Magantolo.
Nappy-dumping mums taken to task
Limpopo mums who dump used disposable nappies in the streets have been warned that they will face the wrath of the law if they do not clean up their act.
Preaching HIV from the pulpit
“There is no place for judgment” Faith-Based Organisations told, as they are called to roll up their sleeves in their fight against HIV
Allegations of assault by police rock Makwassie
A young North West man claims that an almost hour-long assault by police has left him with serious permanent injuries
Clinic languishes for years with shortages of space, water
Nursing staff and patients at the Bankhara Community Clinic outside Kuruman, Northern Cape say their clinic continues to struggle with medicine and space shortages almost two years after OurHealth first reported on the clinic’s poor state.
“It’s not a man’s duty only to carry condoms”
Carrying condoms isn’t scandalous, it’s a smart, say two young women from Johannesburg’s East Rand.