One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater's sanitation crisis, residents claim conditions have worsened.
Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics or told their latest chronic medication collection will be their ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
What is measles and why is it in the news? Cases are rising in South Africa, with 2,476 laboratory-confirmed infections recorded between late December 2025 and June this year.. This highly contagious ...
Malehlohonolo Katole, an LGBTQ+ activist based in Sebokeng in Gauteng's Vaal Triangle. Community health organisations and activists say female condoms are scarce, while finger and tongue condoms are ...
To protect people’s right to healthcare, the South African government must table and pass the Patent Amendment Bill without delay It has been more than twelve years since the reveal of “PharmaGate,” a ...
Rethabile Community Health Centre in Polokwane, where a teenager says she was refused abortion care by nurses citing their religious beliefs. Photo: Moyahabo Mabeba Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural ...