#OmotosoTrial: We are all Peter Daubermann
Ever wondered why many survivors don’t talk about their sexual violence experiences? Watching Cheryl Zondi on the stand is all the answer you need.
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Patients’ files dumped in abandoned building
LIMPOPO - Tons of boxes of patients’ files have been dumped in an old building which used to be the Nkhensani Hospital in Giyani.
Healthy lunch boxes part of fight against obesity
The number of South African children who are overweight or obesity is on the increase. Professor Salome Kruger of the Nutrition Centre of Excellence at the University of North West believes work needs to be done to combat this problem in school-going children.
Madala keeps fit at 64
Years after retiring from boxing, Seabelo “HappyBoy” Rapulana (64) continues to keep fit.
Coca-Cola called out for advertising to kids at protest
Coca-Cola was called on to keep its promise to remove its advertising in schools during a picket at the beverage manufacturer’s headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday [October 2016].
WATCH: Strokes and Stigma
Health-e's three-part Checkpoint documentary on strokes and stigma in South Africa.
Obesity: is it you or ‘the system’?
South Africans are getting fatter every year. Is it because we lack self-control or is it because big food companies are ruthlessly targeting this country? Kerry Cullinan, Amy Green and Pontsho Pilane report.
Our obesity epidemic is not a personal choice
The pandemic of obesity in South Africa is a result of our ‘Americanised’ food environment
and the responsibility should be shifted from individuals to government policies, according
to experts.
Global mental health report blasts SA for Esidimeni
Exactly a year after the start of the arbitration hearings that sought justice for the families of the dead Life Esidimeni patients, the esteemed The Lancet medical journal has released a global mental health report condemning the local disaster as “tragic”.
Brushing up on dental hygiene
Mbombela, Mpumalanga - Sarah Masina is an unemployed single mother of four who has gone most of her life without ever going to the dentist.
Injectable contraceptives shortage in Limpopo is ‘not a crisis’
While injectable contraceptives are in short supply at Limpopo’s public health facilities emerges, the Department of Health (DoH) maintains there is no crisis and patients need to simply opt for other methods of family planning.
Tips for Whistleblowers
WATCH: Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga, the head of the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), shares tips on whistleblowing for healthcare workers.
EFF joins fight against alcohol abuse
Many South Africans sniff disapprovingly about narcotics while throwing back litres of alcohol – the most abused drug in the country. But global support for restricting alcohol use is growing, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) intends to push for a ban on liquor advertising.
Potch township’s only 24-hour clinic left with one toilet
NORTH WEST - The only 24-hour clinic serving the township of Ikaneng – Boiki Tlhapi Clinic – currently has only one working toilet at the facility.
Cancer survivor dedicates time to helping others
LIMPOPO - Having being diagnosed with stage three osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer - at the age of 23 years, Nomsa Tshingowe (27) of Mulima village, outside Louis Trichard has fought off death.