Orange Farm reflects a bigger problem of rising obesity among South African adolescents
Many children are eating sweets, snacks, sugary drinks and other processed food from a young age.
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Broken floors, pit toilets and no electricity risk EC learners’ health and safety
Years after a court ruling affirmed learners’ right to safe school infrastructure, two schools near King William’s Town still expose learners and teachers to unsafe and unhealthy conditions.
Water shortages force Vhembe villagers to share drinking water with animals
Communities without access to clean water face a disproportionately high burden of preventable illness.
Mahikeng mother blames sewage-filled RDP house for infant’s death
The mother says she was exposed to the sewage-contaminated environment throughout her pregnancy.
Floods destroy community-built bridge in Soshanguve
Volunteers spent hours moving heavy rocks to create a crossing over a sewage-contaminated river.
Bad weather exposes broken promises in Cefane Hoek
The municipality says infrastructure improvement projects have already started in other villages and will begin in Cefane Hoek soon.
Muyexe community demands answers after child drowns in construction pit
Recent heavy rains have filled the abandoned pit with water, turning it into what residents describe as a dangerous makeshift swimming spot for children in the area.
Health teams rush to contain TB spread at Durban’s North Beach Homeless Camp
TB is one of the leading causes of death in South Africa, claiming around 56 000 lives in 2023.
No teaching at Botshabelo school for nine months due to water shortages
Learners would at Kgorathuto school for registers to be taken, and were then sent home.
Human Rights Commission to investigate Seshego water crisis
The municipality confirmed reports of discoloured water affecting certain households in Seshego.
Daily trek up a mountain to collect firewood for villagers without electricity
The household has had no electricity since 2014. That same year, she received an RDP house from the government.
Municipality cleans Hluvukani waste sites after Health-e News exposé
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality embark on a clean-up operation following our reporting.
Lack of waste management raises health concerns in Hluvukani
A lack of awareness campaigns have left the areas exposed to environmental and health hazards
Mahlathi villagers say Limpopo floods have left them without safe drinking water
Community members say the Limpopo floods contaminated their drinking water.
Sewage spills leave Seweding residents living in unsanitary conditions
Residents also fear long-term environmental damage and declining property value.