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Girls blamed for HIV
Living with AIDS programme 55

Health

In Umzimkulu in the former Transkei, chiefs and pastors chastise the youth for contracting HIV and reprimand them at funerals as they bury those who have died. In this judgemental environment, very few young people will test for HIV, let alone disclose their status. Nozuko Ngcaweni is a remarkable exception. She is determined not only to speak out, but to educate her community so that midwives can take precautions when delivering babies and parents and children can begin to talk to each other.

Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
November 2, 2001

Gauteng plans to introduce ‘Youth Centres’ to tackle teen pregnancy

News, Health Policy

Factors such as inadequate sexual education, socioeconomic challenges, and limited access to reproductive health services play significant roles in the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the province.

Oratile Kekana
May 1, 2024

Fruit, veg keeps Limpopo elder fit

Health, Our Health

Petrus Ravhuhali, 96, says he’s reaping the rewards of smart choices made in his youth as he approaches his 100th birthday.

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
December 25, 2015

From addiction to activist: Durban youth’s mission to help others

News, KwaZulu-Natal, Our Health, SDOH

Dlamini now walks the streets of KwaMashu in Durban, going from house to house, meeting young people who are caught in addiction.

Phumzile Mkhungo
July 7, 2025

Forced sex fuelling HIV epidemic

Health

The largest representative sample of South African youth ever conducted has
found that almost one third of sexually experienced women reported that they
did not want to have their first sexual encounter and that they had been
coerced into having sex.

Kanya Ndaki
April 6, 2004

Fighting HIV stigma, one radio broadcast at a time

Health

WATCH: youth radio reporters fight HIV stigma and create awareness in their community in the Eastern Cape

Health-e News
November 30, 2018

Ermelo youth ignore alcohol risks

Health, Our Health

Most students from an Ermelo high school admit to drink regularly, according to an OurHealth survey.

Senamile Phungula
October 14, 2013

Drug abuse fuelling gender-based violence in Soweto

Health, Men's Health, Our Health, Women's Health

Dobsonville youth recently marched against the drug abuse that social workers say is fuelling gender-based violence (GBV) in the Soweto neighbourhood.

Lungile Thamela
July 9, 2014

Doctors should talk to youth about dangers of smoking

Health

Doctors should talk to school-aged children and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, new guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommend.

Health-e News
December 13, 2012

Disabled youth uses practical skills to raise funds

Our Health

Young adults with learning disabilities or physical challenges - often ridiculed and shamed – are the focus of a Tembisa training centre developed to address their specific needs.

Health-e News
January 9, 2019

Despite youth-friendly policies, many teens say clinics are hostile environments

News, Child Health, Gauteng, Our Health

The government is implementing the Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Services, or Youth Zones, where learners wearing school uniforms are fast-tracked.

Lerato Kodisang
June 23, 2026

Department of Health announces new youth health app

Health, Women's Health

The Department of Health is launching a new, cell phone app to take health messaging to the country’s young people – and asking youth to help.

Laura Lopez Gonzalez
May 7, 2015

Dagga and hubbly can be deadly for youth

Health

Young people put themselves at risk of getting mouth and throat cancers by smoking dagga and the hubbly bubbly pipe. This is according to research announced recently.

Ayanda Mkhwanazi
January 30, 2012

Closing the gap for youth in transition

Health, News

When children in foster care turn 18, they lose their grants and are expected to become “instant adults”. This is a very difficult time as many foster children are still at school and lack the skills to support themselves.

Ayanda Mkhwanazi
March 10, 2015

Charting the way to recognition of sexual rights
Living with AIDS programme 94

Health

Have you ever heard about sexual rights? If you have are you denying others their sexual rights because you are simply too macho to care? Or, you can't negotiate your sexual rights because you feel powerless to insist on them? Well, the Women's Health Project ' an NGO that works in the field of women's health promotion ' is currently running a workshop called 'The Sexual Rights Campaign' in an attempt to educate men, women and the youth about sexual rights and how they can be attained. Khopotso Bodibe reports.

Khopotso Bodibe
October 8, 2002

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