Teen mum says she fell victim to broken promises
When she got pregnant, a teenager from Stinkwater outside Hammanskraal says her older boyfriend's attention and financial support disappeared.
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Sex work becomes cheaper and riskier
Stagnating economic growth has affected the sex work industry as sex workers in Mpumalanga report charging less for work that some say has become more dangerous.
Limpopo woman loses 12-year battle with breast cancer
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Tshwane citizen journalist nabs top award
Tshilidzi Tuwani from Soshanguve outside Pretoria was named ‘Citizen Journalist of the Year’ as Health-e News honoured its citizen journalists from around the country.
Malaria reported in Limpopo
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Mpumalanga residents welcome water intervention
Residents of Emadamini Extension 6 in Ermelo say faulty sewers have finally been repaired following a visit by local Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives.
Nyaope tearing Tshwane families apart while rehab centres are scarce
Community leaders say nyaope is tearing Tshwane communities apart while there are too few rehabilitation centres to help people who use the drug.
Treatment Action Campaign marches on Mpumalanga clinic
AIDS lobby the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) recently marched to one Mpumalanga clinic to demand improved service delivery and a stop to medicine stock outs.
Donald Fraser Hospital goes a week without water
Donald Fraser Hospital recently went a without running water for a week after a pipe burst.
Condoms still mistaken for arthritis cure, say health workers
Almost a year after South African media reported that the elderly were using condom lubrication for arthritis relief, Northern Cape health workers continue to report that condom myths abound in rural mining areas.
Protestors march for better school loos
Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi recently met with protestors who recently took to the streets to protest poor sanitation in almost 600 schools.
“I thought I was too young to have a chronic illness”
Cynthia Maseko, 31, is many things – a mother, wife and nationally published citizen journalist. She is also living with hypertension. She tells her story.
Herbalists crucial link to health services
Since the 1970s, Soweto’s Ikwezi train station has been abuzz with local herbalists. But after more than three decades into South Africa’s HIV epidemic, traditional healing has changed – and found a new role within the public health system.
Woman claims she waited five years for referral
A Tshwane woman claims she waited five years for a referral to diagnose a painful tumour on the back of her neck.
Mpumalanga district holds first “pride parade”
Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande District recently made history as it held its first “pride parade” celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities.