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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics. Photo: Facebook Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics ...