DPSA National Chairperson Patrick Mahlakoane says the organisation donated a framed walker and a three feet adjustable walker to help make Koko Violet’s ...
Decades of progress in the fight against HIV are at risk as funding cuts trigger global disruptions to health systems, leaving vulnerable communities ...
For five weeks this winter, Health-e News freelance contributor Tembile Sgqolana regularly visited an initiation school in Komani, Eastern Cape, where his son ...
Every weekend up to a 100 children, teenagers and women gather at Refentse Primary School in Stinkwater, north of Pretoria, for free aerobics classes.
Nokulunga Nkabinde and her five-year-old son crush aluminium cans outside their home in Embo, west of Durban. Photo Credit: Sandile Mbile. Five-year-old hands grip a small yellow hammer, crushing ...
Geraldine Norton says with frequent water shortages in Musina, her grandchildren don’t always bathe before school. Photo Credit: Bernard Chiguvare. Geraldine Norton’s grandchildren do not always bathe ...
Thandeka* has supported her 8-year-old granddaughter following her alleged sexual assault at school by a security guard. Photo: Lerato Kodisang. The grandparents of an 8-year-old Lenasia South girl in ...
68-year old Thozama Toti watches as her granddaughter cooks noodles, just enough for some family members. Gogo Toti will have to skip yet another meal. Photo credit: Siyabonga Kamnqa On a chilly ...
Sekhwele Mnisi says he has faith that God will provide food when money runs out. Photo credit: Thomo Nkgadima. When there is not enough food in Sekhwele Mnisi’s home, he tells his children to drink ...
South Africa is facing a hunger crisis. This is according to recent submissions by advocacy groups to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)’s Inquiry into the country’s food system. The ...
Sex work keeps food on the table for this mother of three. Photo Credit: Lerato Kodisang. In the first part of our Hungry For Change series, Health-e News shares the story of a Johannesburg mother who ...
One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater's sanitation crisis, residents claim conditions have worsened.