Every weekend up to a 100 children, teenagers and women gather at Refentse Primary School in Stinkwater, north of Pretoria, for free aerobics classes.

For five weeks this winter, Health-e News freelance contributor Tembile Sgqolana regularly visited an initiation school in Komani, Eastern Cape, where his son ...

One year after Health-e News reported on Stinkwater's sanitation crisis, residents claim conditions have worsened.

A Hepatitis vaccine given within 24 hours of birth prevents almost all transmission from mother to child. Photo: Adobe Stock Image. This week, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Africa’s National Health Act allows for surgeons to perform an emergency hysterectomy without a patient's consent if it is done to save her life. Photo: Adobe Stock A recent Health-e News ...

An advertisement for male circumcision in Limpopo. Photo: Moyahabo Mabeba. A Limpopo mother from Maleboho says she regrets taking her eight-year-old son for circumcision at a make-shift surgery that ...