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.

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 ...

A Limpopo mother from Maleboho says she regrets taking her eight-year-old son for circumcision at a make-shift surgery that left him with septic wounds and hospitalised for a week. Doris Mosena, from ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2023, the Commission for Gender Equality called the National Department of Health to account for delays in implementing recommendations from its investigation into the forced sterilisation of ...

Nompilo Maleka is no ordinary granny. The 115-year-old great-grandmother from Driekop outside Burgersfort in Limpopo still wakes up early in the morning, makes her bed, washes dishes and cooks. A copy ...

This week, clinics in six provinces started the rollout of Lenacapavir, an injection that has been shown to be more than 96% effective in preventing HIV with just two jabs a year. This is part of a ...

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents like rats and mice, and can cause severe disease in humans. Not all hantaviruses cause disease in people, and only a small number like the Andes ...

Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi speaking says men must be encouraged to tested for HIV. (Photo: UNAIDS) Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has identified men as a major challenge in South ...