In Limpopo, communities that were ravaged by the recent floods now face another problem. Residents tell Health-e News there’s a noticeable increase in mosquitoes, and they’re worried about getting ...

The Human Rights Commission in Limpopo says it will prioritise the complaint laid by residents of Seshego against the Polokwane Municipality for failing to provide safe drinking water, because of the ...

The Department of Health and Wellness says it has no plans to comply with a 2025 Labour Court ruling that community health workers (CHWs) must be ...

At 6am on a Saturday morning, Luvhengo Vhulahani treks up a mountain to collect firewood for villagers living without electricity.

Bushbuckridge Local Municipality embarks on a clean-up operation in Hluvukani following our reporting on the waste sites.

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says South Africa's HIV programme will not collapse. (Photo: GCIS) South Africa has not been able to raise any additional funds to plug the gap in the country’s HIV ...

Most people don't get the mental healthcare they need. (Photo: freepik) South Africa faces a high burden of mental health disorders driven by a range of factors, including childhood trauma, poverty, ...

Department of health worried about the rising number of Health care workers contracting COVID19: File photo By 2010, the health department estimated that the country was short of over 44,700 nurses ...

In June 2023, as former Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba concluded his seven year tenure, he delivered a scathing assessment of Gauteng, South Africa’s economic powerhouse and most ...

Lenacapavir will offer people at risk of HIV more choices for PrEP. (Photo: supplied) South Africa is among the first countries in line to receive doses of lenacapavir, the six-monthly injection for ...

Villager say government promised to upgrade this healthcare point to a full-service clinic. (Photo: Thembi Siaga) Residents of Mbaula Ranch and Phalaubeni villages in Limpopo’s Mopani District have ...

The strategy begins by reviewing relevant South African policies before acknowledging that a number of gaps remain in services catering for young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights ...