25-year old Tiisetso Lekgetho experiences painful periods with heavy bleeding that keeps her home two or three days a month, unable to look for work or go about her normal life. Lekgetho, from Tsetse village outside Mahikeng in the North…
A young Limpopo mother says doctors removed her womb during childbirth surgery without her knowledge or consent, leaving her in pain and struggling to come to terms with what happened. Dimakatso Madimabe* (20) says she was eight months pregnant when…
A Roodepoort mother is speaking out about life with a stoma after childbirth, saying the condition has changed how she mothers, works and manages her life. Phemelo Seane, 28, says she has been living with a stoma since 2024 after…
Community health organisations and activists say female condoms are scarce, while finger and tongue condoms are largely unavailable in clinics, community health service centres and local shops. This leaves some women and members of the LGBTQ+ community with limited options…
Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural Limpopo says she was denied a legal abortion at a public clinic last month, after a nurse refused to help her on religious grounds, leaving her to seek an illegal abortion from a traditional healer. …
Women in parts of Gauteng have made similar complaints, saying they have experienced shortages of injectables and the implant.
PCOS causes metabolic dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction can lead to cardiac issues, cardiac failure and eventual death.
Menstrual products have been at the centre of online conversations this past week, after a study by researchers from the University of the Free State (UFS) found chemicals in 16 brands of pads and eight types of pantyliners sold locally.…
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared GBVF as a national disaster ahead of the G20 Leaders Summit in November 2025.
Many learners say they miss school during menstruation due to lack of access to pads and period stigma.
Research suggest that the use of isihlambezo is on the rise.
Women with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer than those who are HIV-negative.
For the past 20 years, the CHRU clinics have played a critical role in the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cervical cancer.
Funding cuts will have a significant impact on health equity; increase the barriers for vulnerable populations to access services; and reverse the progress made in the HIV response.
Nomveliso Nqketho is seeking answers after surgical scissors were allegedly left inside her during an emergency operation.
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