Health

‘I am tired of living in pain’: Woman with PMOS struggles to access specialist care

‘I am tired of living in pain’: Woman with PMOS st...

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ELECTION 2026 | Blind residents demand safer roads...

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ELECTION 2026 | ‘No network, no voting’: Campbell residents struggle to call ambulances

ELECTION 2026 | ‘No network, no voting’: Campbell ...

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Elections 2026 | Meriting families demand electric...

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OP-ED | ‘We are not born bad, we are shaped’ — How childhood trauma shapes violence

OP-ED | ‘We are not born bad, we are shaped’ — How...

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Mahikeng clinic runs out of antenatal supplements: “I am scared for my baby”

Mahikeng clinic runs out of antenatal supplements:...

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ELECTION 2026 | Springs air-quality monitor offline as residents raise pollution concerns

ELECTION 2026 | Springs air-quality monitor offlin...

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‘She can go to any health facility’ – but bedridden Limpopo woman has no way to get there

‘She can go to any health facility’ – but bedridde...

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ELECTIONS 2026 | Waste fires continue despite R150...

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OP-ED | Menstrual health is about more than giving girls menstrual products

OP-ED | Menstrual health is about more than giving...

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From violence to mentorship: How Indoda Wednesday give men a safe space to talk

From violence to mentorship: How Indoda Wednesday ...

2 weeks ago

OP-ED | South Africans have waited long enough for front-of-pack warning labels

OP-ED | South Africans have waited long enough for...

2 weeks ago

KZN patient was told to leave clinic while waiting for ambulance

KZN patient was told to leave clinic while waiting...

2 weeks ago

Medical negligence costs billions, but SA still can’t measure patient harm

Medical negligence costs billions, but SA still ca...

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12-year birth certificate battle leaves Limpopo girl without child grant

12-year birth certificate battle leaves Limpopo gi...

2 weeks ago

After escaping family violence, Limpopo mother struggles to get help for her children

After escaping family violence, Limpopo mother str...

3 weeks ago

Sexual health programme in Ratanda reaches more than 120 Teen girls

Sexual health programme in Ratanda reaches more th...

3 weeks ago

EXPLAINER | What do your food cravings actually mean?

EXPLAINER | What do your food cravings actually me...

3 weeks ago

15 Years With Hearing Loss: How Communication Barriers Lock Deaf Patients Out of Healthcare

15 Years With Hearing Loss: How Communication Barr...

3 weeks ago

Limpopo child rape suspect still at large as family struggles to access care

Limpopo child rape suspect still at large as famil...

3 weeks ago

Pregnant woman left waiting as ambulance is denied entry to Eastern Cape hospital

Pregnant woman left waiting as ambulance is denied...

3 weeks ago

EXPLAINER | Skin cancer: How to protect your skin and what warning signs to look for

EXPLAINER | Skin cancer: How to protect your skin ...

1 month ago

OP-ED | Albinism Awareness Month puts overlooked skin cancer risks in focus

OP-ED | Albinism Awareness Month puts overlooked s...

1 month ago

Elections 2026 | Is your municipality keeping you healthy?

Elections 2026 | Is your municipality keeping you ...

1 month ago

CHANGEMAKER | Cultivating Health: The Organic Oasis Feeding Refentse

CHANGEMAKER | Cultivating Health: The Organic Oasi...

1 month ago

From toothache to cancer: Bedridden Free State woman seeks answers after years of treatment

From toothache to cancer: Bedridden Free State wom...

1 month ago

Washed-away bridge again puts healthcare out of reach for Mafarafara residents

Washed-away bridge again puts healthcare out of re...

1 month ago

CHANGEMAKER | From struggling at school to empowering people with disabilities

CHANGEMAKER | From struggling at school to empower...

1 month ago

OP-ED | Men are dying by suicide – Why are so many still suffering in silence?

OP-ED | Men are dying by suicide – Why are so many...

1 month ago

Older reclaimers work without toilets or running water at Free State landfill

Older reclaimers work without toilets or running w...

1 month ago

Chicken bone turns Sunday lunch into nine-day hospital stay

Chicken bone turns Sunday lunch into nine-day hosp...

1 month ago

Limpopo asbestos community gets health screening after resident’s death

Limpopo asbestos community gets health screening a...

1 month ago

Investigation launched into five-year-old’s playground injury at Tshwane school

Investigation launched into five-year-old’s playgr...

1 month ago

Part 8 | Hungry for change: When hunger becomes a health crisis

Part 8 | Hungry for change: When hunger becomes a ...

1 month ago

Traditional healers say referral system with public clinics needs to work both ways

Traditional healers say referral system with publi...

1 month ago

Informal gold miners risk their health to put food on the table

Informal gold miners risk their health to put food...

1 month ago

Two boys drown near Harmony mine site as Free State families demand answers

Two boys drown near Harmony mine site as Free Stat...

1 month ago

Eastern Cape ambulance crisis leaves patients stranded as vehicles sit grounded

Eastern Cape ambulance crisis leaves patients stra...

1 month ago

Trans woman went months without hormones after US-funded clinic closed

Trans woman went months without hormones after US-...

1 month ago

Sewage Crisis in Nyakallong despite court ruling and government intervention

Sewage Crisis in Nyakallong despite court ruling a...

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When Medicine Is Not Enough: ‘Medicine alone cannot deliver sustained treatment success’

When Medicine Is Not Enough: ‘Medicine alone canno...

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Intersex adult seeks justice over irreversible childhood surgery

Intersex adult seeks justice over irreversible chi...

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Young women in North West live with fibroid pain as they wait for treatment for more than a year

Young women in North West live with fibroid pain a...

1 month ago

IN PHOTOS | What’s on your plate? Seven meals show what food insecurity looks like in South Africa

IN PHOTOS | What’s on your plate? Seven meals show...

1 month ago

Limpopo families fear influx of drugs after major Hawks Lab Bust on Musina Farm

Limpopo families fear influx of drugs after major ...

1 month ago

Organ donation gave Matthew a second chance at life

Organ donation gave Matthew a second chance at lif...

1 month ago

Musina residents still living with sewage despite Public Protector findings

Musina residents still living with sewage despite ...

1 month ago

Limpopo paraplegic athlete battles public transport to reach healthcare and rehab

Limpopo paraplegic athlete battles public transpor...

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