Former domestic abuse victim empowers women in similar situations
After 25 years of being in an abusive relationship, mother-of-three Stephanie Williams* is lucky to have walked away alive with just a bullet lodged in her head.
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The maddening state of Gauteng’s psychiatric facilities
A massive shortages of hospital beds for psychiatric patients in Gauteng is compromising patient care.
Ekurhuleni shelter offers safe haven for domestic abuse victims
Many battered women who feel they cannot leave their situations – either because they have nowhere to go or they fear for their lives – can access help.
Mental health, HIV and pill-taking
We need to start taking mental health seriously in HIV treatment if we want to ensure the ongoing success of the fight against the virus, writes Professor Francois Venter
Weak economy compromises health service delivery – SAHR
While state-owned enterprises get frequent billion rand bail-outs and state corruption may have cost R100-billion, the public health sector is under massive pressure to cut costs – and this is threatening healthcare.
Youth development programme used to build houses
EASTERN CAPE - Youth volunteers have helped build over 30 homes for destitute beneficiaries over the past month in a project aimed at skills development in Pungulelweni village, Ntabankulu, in the Eastern Cape.
Non-communicable diseases a threat to the health system
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) threaten to overwhelm a health system already under strain from HIV and tuberculosis.
Deaths rates declined due to HIV success – report
Death rates have declined, largely due to successes in HIV, but a lot more needs to be done to defeat its “terrible twin”, tuberculosis (TB).
Port St Johns police use women’s month for safety campaigns
EASTERN CAPE - South African Police Services in the Port Saint Johns cluster have been campaigning and hosting programmes across the cluster to raise awareness on woman and child safety throughout this month.
Drop-in centre benefit from food parcels donation
LIMPOPO - About 60 rural orphans from Tsianda village Drop-in Centre, outside of Thohoyandou, sang and danced with joy when food parcels were dropped off for them at the Thohoyandou Indoor Sports Centre.
Controversial Criselda heading for SANAC top spot?
She defends a woman basher and undermines ARVs, yet the controversial Criselda Kananda-Dudumashe is apparently heading for a prestigious position on the SA National AIDS Council board.
Resident’s dump site outcry falls on deaf ears
Eastern Cape - Dlibona residents are devastated by repeated empty promises by the local government to address an illegal dump site in their area.
Childhood cancer not a priority
As South Africa is celebrating women’s month, Reach For a Dream organisation is celebrating women who are making difference in South African medicine and making a difference in the lives of children with cancer.
Police unveil plans to protect women
Days after a deputy minister bashed a woman in a club, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula issued a six-point plan to fight sexual and domestic violence.
Traditional councils should help victims to report abuse
For Thuthuzela Care Centres operating in rural areas such as Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, rape cases that go unreported and are discussed only by traditional councils remain the biggest challenge for the centres.