Schools go green to beat hunger
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.
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North West district welcomes first disabled-run co-op
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.
Johnny Clegg donates R100,000 to TAC
South African musician Johnny Clegg has donated R100,000 to AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign to mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.
MDR-TB: The struggle at home
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South Africa launches massive TB screening programme
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.
New book profiles early work of HIV activists
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.
Young women expelled for wearing trousers
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.
Duduza family battles nyaope addiction
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.
Life on two wheels about maintenance as much as access
Life has been an uphill fight for eight-year-old Sonke Shongwe who was born paralysed from the waist down. For him and many disabled children across the country, getting a wheelchair is only the first step.
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Brother’s death leaves a legacy of commitment
February marked the one-year anniversary of her brother’s death due to AIDS-related illnesses, but Sazi Mnyageni says she keeps her brother’s memory alive every time she counsels a person on HIV.
School to regulate hawkers after child dies
Rebontsheng Primary School parents and school officials have begun to regulate what food and sweets vendors sell students following the death of a child who reportedly choked on a toy inside a sweet.
Uncollected rubbish adds to stadium decay
Lebaleng Stadium used to be a focal point of life in Makwassie, about 130 kms north of Welkom. Now as rubbish mounts, community members say the stadium has become a haven for drug use and delinquency.
Hospital allegedly loses baby for weeks
Lebohang Manyaka gave birth to a baby boy at Germiston’s Bertha Gxowa Hospital but he vanished right after birth. Weeks later, she was called to identify a dead baby - but she does not know if this is her child or what happened to him if it is her baby.
‘Smoking is now off my to do list’
One Limpopo man has sworn off cigarettes after he claims experimenting with tobacco had a bizarre and frightening side effect.