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 ...

Menstrual products have been at the centre of online conversations this past week, after a study by researchers from the University of the Free State (UFS) ...

An estimated 3 500 patients who visit Phuthanang Clinic in Tsakane each month are forced to seek medical care at other clinics. This comes after the ...

For the 5.6 million South Africans living with diabetes, this budget is a profound disappointment. Despite the momentum generated by the 2025 Diabetes Summit and a clear call from civil society for ...

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 Western Cape 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 absorbed into the formal health workforce ...

Luvhengo Vhulahani preparing food for her family on an outside fire. (Photo: Bernard Chiguvare) At 6am on a Saturday morning, 43-year-old Luvhengo Vhulahani leaves her homestead in Tshakhuma village ...

The pregnant woman was checked at the clinic. (File photo) At a clinic in the north of Pretoria, a pregnant woman tried to register as a patient in the facility’s antenatal care using a South African ...

South Africa has moved a step closer to an HIV vaccine with the launch of the BRILLIANT 011 clinical trial at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) site at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The ...

Elderly residents at Ekhanana Old Age Home in Durban’s Umlazi township are facing a growing health and safety crisis after the facility was left without electricity and continues to battle severe ...