Sandile Ngcobo’s day starts at 4am. By the time his 16-hour shift as a Pietermaritzburg taxi driver is over, local clinics are closed and that is why Ngcobo says he welcomed the chance to test for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) at work.
Municipal inspectors and surveyors say they are not happy with work done to improve sewage systems in the North West communities of Lebaleng and Makwassie.
Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis daily, but South Africa’s most widely used mode of public transport could also be ferrying a deadly passenger.
Botshilu Private Hospital is getting rave reviews from patients six months after its opening.
There is something off at Ben’s Tuck Shop in Phuthaditjhaba, about 70 kms outside Bethlehem and a recent OurHealth visit shows it’s the milk.
Bethlehem community members in the Free State recently marched against tuberculosis (TB) in an effort to promote testing and treatment.
On the heels of the recent South African Human Rights Commission’s hearing on the lack of emergency medical service in the Eastern Cape, OurHealth speaks to one woman who says she has never seen an ambulance in 35 years.
Khangezile Primary School east of Johannesburg has been chosen as one of eight schools nationwide to help pilot new, eco-friendly ways for women to feed their families.
People living with disabilities near Wolmaransstad in the North West have started what may be the district’s first disabled-run cooperative in a bid to create jobs.
South African musician Johnny Clegg has donated R100,000 to AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign to mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.
After being diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Olebogeng Selumi was recently discharged from the Northern Cape’s Kimberley Hospital. Back at home, it is a daily struggle to stay on treatment – and keep his family safe.
South Africa aims to test up to 6.2 million people for tuberculosis (TB) in the next three years, according to an announcement made yesterday by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
In 2002, only 25,000 HIV-positive South Africans had access to exorbitantly life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs) costing thousands of rands. Today, the story is much different and a new book chronicles one of its most important chapters.
Ntokozo Mathonsi, 18, says she should not have to wear a skirt to get an education. About two weeks after Ntokozo and seven other girls were suspended from an East Rand high school, the girls are back to school after the Department of Education intervened.
Sheila Gumbi watched her son change before her eyes as her once sweet baby boy became increasingly aggressive. She now knows why but being able to name her son’s addiction has not given her the power to stop it.
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