Hair-straightening products could pose serious health risk – UCT study
PRESS RELEASE: Dangerous concentrations of formaldehyde found in seven brands sold in SA.
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Teenage Pregnancy: Just a little bit of fun?
Dineo Hlako is 19 years old and in matric. She is in her third trimester of her pregnancy and in the midst of writing her final matric exams. She never planned to fall pregnant while she was in school but…
Fighting ‘sugar daddies’ – or raising ‘sugar’ girls?
Nonhlanhla Matsunyane was in Grade 11 when a man 20 years older than her followed her to school one day. Within months, the man was providing her struggling family with groceries and money – and she was providing him with…
HIV goes up, condom use goes down
South Africa’s latest HIV survey finds boys having sex earlier, plummeting condom use and that unmarried couples living together are more at risk of HIV than married or single people.
Webcast: Age-disparate relationships & HIV incidence amongst rural South African women
Watch and listen to the controversial presentation by the Africa Centre's Guy Harling that questions the relationship between sugar daddies and HIV risk in rural communities.
Abandoned baby recovers in Kuruman Hospital
HIV, post-natal depression and unemployment are just some of the reasons why mums abandon babies. In Kuruman, Northern Cape, one baby narrowly escaped with her life after being left to die.
Free State university cancer survivor gives back
It was supposed to be a time of celebration but, for Cebile Zulu, passing matric coincided with devastating news.
New Health-e teen pregnancy documentary airs Thursday
Health-e’s latest documentary on teen pregnancy airs this Thursday at 9:30pm on SABC 1 explores the risks and challenges of being a teen mom.
Female condoms sold illegally in Mpumalanga
Community tip-offs reveal government-provided female condoms for sale on the streets of Ermelo, Mpumalanga.
Vital donation made in fight against abuse
The Vital Foundation has set aside R1,9 million to assist organisations fighting the abuse of women and children.
Woman allegedly dumps baby, faces criminal charges
A Grade 11 pupil faces criminal charges after neighbours allegedly discovered the woman’s dead baby in their yard.
Southern Africa leads in cervical cancer cases
Southern Africa continues to shoulder a disproportionate amount of the world's cervical cancer deaths, according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report that estimates about 19 million people globally will be diagnosed with cancer annually by 2025.
Woman fears banishment following still birth
A heartbroken woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby in early December fears her husband's family will banish her because of her inability to bear children.
A child with a child
When young Nompumelelo Sithole* from a small farming town in Mpumalanga asked local clinic nurses for contraception, they told her to come back when she was 18 years old. Now 13 years old, Nompumelelo has an eight-month-old baby.
Young girl’s dream interrupted
Citizen journalist Mtshana Mvlisi presents his second column on sex and teen pregnancy in Lusikisiki.
