Originally from the Eastern Cape, Finci Vuza raised his girls as a single father after his wife died. Now, his daughters are hoping to find their elderly father’s family before he dies and fulfil his last wishes.
After the passing of a friend, OurHealth Tshwane citizen journalist Tshilidzi Tuwani writes about how the battle to accept our HIV statuses may go on longer than many think.
From headaches to dental work, James Mchekecheke says he has seen a lifetime of poor service from South Africa’s public sector. Now, the 55-year-old building contractor says he would rather pay out-of-pocket than walk through a public clinic’s doors.
More than a year after poor conditions at Lusikisiki’s beleaguered Village Clinic thrust it into national headlines, problems continue to plague the clinic.
More than 500 North West patients received health check-ups during the Klerksdorp Rotary Club's recent annual family health event.
Skaaprus informal settlement residents have battled for 25 years for clean water. Now, local government officials say there may be little they can do for them unless they move.
South Africa’s first under-the-skin birth control implant is leading some Mpumalanga women to trade traditional birth control shots for the three-year implants.
The parents of a 17-year-old boy have laid rape charges against two KaMsogwaba residents.
For Hammanskraal’s Lebohang Mosupa, excitement used to come from his latest hit of nyaope. Now, the father of two is finding a much better kind of “fix” – family.
Choosing the best circumcision option for your son can be a tough decision for parents, especially if tradition says that initiation schools are the way to go.
As South Africa prepares to go to the polls, the African Nationa Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters recently squared off in a health debate in front of Ekurhuleni residents.
Five determined young men are spreading the word about HIV and tuberculosis (TB) through their music, which may be coming to a cell phone near you.
Following previous OurHealth reports about vaccine stockouts in Limpopo’s Vhembe district, mothers report some stock outs may have been solved.
One Soshanguve resident got a rude surprise for lunch.
Heavy rains and bad roads cut off ambulance access to one clinic in rural Limpopo, leaving villagers to take the matter into their own hands.
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