Soweto students say college loos a stinking mess
Male students at South Western Gauteng College’s Dobsonville campus say the technical school’s loos are a minefield of blocked toilets, stinking water and broken taps.
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East Rand woman takes sex ed into the classroom
In a country where about one in ten people are living with HIV, only about a quarter of young people know how the virus is transmitted. Nomthandazo Kumalo is trying to change that.
Community dialogue reveals lure of drugs, crime
In the rural North West town of Makwassie, poverty continues to fuel drug use and crime, according to community members who recently participated in a mock debate as part of a community dialogue.
Family inspires woman to take charge of health
Doris Nkosi, 35, says she spent years digging her own grave by smoking and neglecting her health until the words of her 5-year-old son changed all that.
[Updated] Moms connect with MomConnect programme
Shoshanguve mums say they are connecting with the Department of Health’s new MomConnect SMS service.
Rural Reflections: Park homes and preemies
Our monthly column profiling the realities of rural health is back as we follow another community service doctor through her year at a rural hospital. In her first entry, our doctor settles in to her new home but it is not long before she is in the deep end.
Taxi drivers rave about outreach TB, HIV services
Sandile Ngcobo’s day starts at 4am. By the time his 16-hour shift as a Pietermaritzburg taxi driver is over, local clinics are closed and that is why Ngcobo says he welcomed the chance to test for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) at work.
Sex in the Mother City under the spotlight
Almost a quarter of Capetonians admit to starting a new relationship while still being in a relationship with someone else, according to a new study looking at sex in the Mother City.
No rise in smuggling when cigarette branding is removed
Research conducted in Sydney and recently presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Thoracic Society for Australia and New Zealand found no increase in the proportion of illegal cigarettes since 2012 when Australia became the first country to introduce…
Community cracks down on allegedly poor work on sewer upgrade
Municipal inspectors and surveyors say they are not happy with work done to improve sewage systems in the North West communities of Lebaleng and Makwassie.
TB: Taxis’ deadly passenger
Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis daily, but South Africa’s most widely used mode of public transport could also be ferrying a deadly passenger.
Cancer may be under-diagnosed in prisoners
Prisoner Lucas Mngadi* died within four months of being diagnosed with colon cancer after complaining for months about pain.
Mental illness alarming in prisons
Prison warders are unable to distinguish between a naturally violent inmate and a mentally ill inmate as they receive no training in identifying mental illness.
Schools go green to beat hunger
Khangezile Primary School east of Johannesburg has been chosen as one of eight schools nationwide to help pilot new, eco-friendly ways for women to feed their families.
True Life: Flipping the switch, hearing again
Hearing her mother’s voice for the first time in five years brought tears to her eyes, writes tuberculosis (TB) activist Phumeza Tisile just weeks after cochlear implants restored the hearing multidrug-resistant TB treatment took from her.