Nompilo Maleka is no ordinary granny. The 115-year-old great-grandmother from Driekop outside Burgersfort in Limpopo still wakes up early in the morning, makes her bed, washes dishes and cooks. A copy ...
Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics or told their latest chronic medication collection will be their ...
One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater's sanitation crisis, residents claim conditions have worsened.
Residents from Mafarafara village make a dangerous crossing over the Tubatse River on a makeshift bridge built by community members. Photo Credit: Keletso Mkhwanazi For residents of Mafarafara village ...
South Africa’s National Health Act allows for surgeons to perform an emergency hysterectomy without a patient's consent if it is done to save her life. Photo: Adobe Stock A recent Health-e News ...
Every minute during a stroke, an estimated two million brain cells can die. To mark World Brain Day on 22 July, Health-e News asked leading stroke neurologist, Dr Pradeep Rowji from the Neurological ...
For residents of Mafarafara village outside Burgersfort, reaching the nearest clinic means crossing the Tubatse River on a makeshift bridge and then walking another 1.5km up a steep, bushy gravel road ...
In 2023, the Commission for Gender Equality called the National Department of Health to account for delays in implementing recommendations from its investigation into the forced sterilisation of ...
For nine months, since May 2025, Kgorathuto Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State had ongoing water shortages, making the toilets unusable. Learners arrived at school for registers to be ...
One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater’s sanitation crisis, residents say conditions have worsened. For thousands of residents in Stinkwater, near Hammanskraal north of Pretoria, pit ...
The curtain on my long-standing career as a public health service employee after more than a decade spent championing the health rights of the most ...