Water crisis spills over to rural Limpopo hospital
Sekhukhune District Municipality is using tankers to supply water to the hospital as infuriated residents continue to disrupt operations at the water treatment plant close to the Riverside village.Â
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Cotrimoxazole: Granny suffers horror allergic reaction
An elderly lady in Limpopo is still recovering from severe allergic reactions after a nursing sister at Rebone Clinic forced her to take cotrimoxazole tablets nearly two months ago. Nora Mocheko, 73, pleaded with the nurses to look at her…
Five climate change myth busters worth knowing
Climate change continues to have a major negative physical, socio-economic and ecological impact on South Africa. Experts say that the nation is yet to experience these effects under all climate change scenarios. Understanding what climate change means and how it…
Vleifontein clinic fiasco: Health MEC on the warpath
The Limpopo Health MEC has called for action after a critically ill woman was denied entry to the Vleifontein clinic on Friday evening. Forty-year-old Norah Manthosi was rushed to the facility by her neighbours. To their dismay, when they arrived,…
Lack of beds at Hayani leaves mental patients in the lurch
The situation at the Hayani Psychiatric Hospital in Vhembe outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo is a nightmare. The facility has a shortage of beds as discharged patients with nowhere to go remain in the hospital. It is also forced to turn…
Number of witchcraft-related incidents take a dip in Limpopo
A campaign to save the reputation of traditional healers in Limpopo is showing positive results, with only one witchcraft-related murder having occurred in the last eight months. Professor Mbaimbai Hlati, the president of the Traditional Healer Association in the Southern…
Granny demands justice after losing daughter, grandchild
What was supposed to be a joyful birth experience, soon turned into a nightmare for a grandmother who had to bury her daughter and her granddaughter. When Maggie Mphahlele started experiencing labour pains on the night of March 10 this…
Limpopo eye patients waiting in the dark for operations
Patients in need of eye operations in the Sekhukhune and Capricorn districts in Limpopo are disappointed because the Warmbath Hospital in Waterberg District has not called them despite promising to do so a few months ago. Joshua Leselo* (71) from…
International Nurses Day: SA’s devastating nursing shortageÂ
The shortage of healthcare professionals in South Africa has led to nurses working in the public health sector faced with almost double the workloads. This is according to the President of the Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union, Lerato Maduma-Gova. “The…
Cultural circumcisions: Young boys ready to become ‘real men’
Young boys and men are looking forward to participating in the ritual of becoming a ‘real man’ after cultural circumcisions were given the green light to resume in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. This follows a two-year ban due to COVID-19. Koketso…
Collect & Go: Fetch your pills without the thrills and spills
The days of waiting in long queues for medication are over following the launch of Collect & Go smart lockers. These medication dispensary containers work similarly to ATMs, ensuring your next collection will be fast and fuss-free. Right ePharmacy introduced…
Limpopo health fiasco: Health workers rest hopes on SIU
While the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) prepares to probe the ongoing Limpopo Department of Health fiasco, healthcare workers have hung out even more dirty washing, describing their inhumane working conditions. They are faced with several hurdles daily including overcrowding, staff…
International Women’s Day: This disabled female farmer won’t be held back
This International Women’s Day (IWD) wheelchair bound farmer, Lydia Nemafhohoni, wants other disabled women to know they can break the biases they face.  Left paralysed by a bout of childhood polio, she fights a double bias: for being disabled and…
Medico-legal claims: SAHRC appalled by Limpopo situation
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has expressed alarm at the number of medico-legal claims brought against the Limpopo Department of Health which amounts to a staggering R14 billion. Although worried, the human rights watchdog is hardly surprised since…
Malaria vs COVID-19: Shared symptoms cause havoc
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has raised a red flag that many malaria cases are being misdiagnosed as COVID-19. This is as South Africa enters its peak malaria season. Both have non-specific early symptoms like fever, chills, headaches,…