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Traditional healers say referral system with public clinics needs to work both ways
Bernard Chiguvare
Traditional healers say patients they refer to public clinics can fall through the cracks because the two health systems don’t communicate effectively. Nozuko Nkunzi, a traditional health practitioner from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, says South Africa’s plans to integrate traditional medicine into the public healthcare system will mean little
Informal gold miners risk their health to put food on the table
Thabang Thembani
Informal gold miners working around old mine dumps between Nyakallong and Allanridge in the Free State say they risk exposure to mine dust, mercury and other chemicals while trying to earn enough money to support their families. At 48, Thabo* spends most nights digging for gold around old mine rock
Two boys drown near Harmony mine site as Free State families demand answers
Thabang Thembani
Two families in Nyakallong, Free State, are mourning the deaths of two young boys who drowned in a mine dam near Harmony Gold’s Target 2 Rock Dump in Allanridge. Thabo Diloko, 9, and Lethabo Abrahams, 8, died after four boys went to the area to swim on the 29th of
Eastern Cape ambulance crisis leaves patients stranded as vehicles sit grounded
Tembile Sgqolana
When Lizeka Ngcozana’s cousin had a stroke on a Tuesday morning, she took her to Ngonyama Clinic outside Cacadu in the Eastern Cape. But there was no ambulance available to take her to hospital. Ngcozana says nurses told the family to find their own transport to Frontier Hospital in Komani,
Trans woman went months without hormones after US-funded clinic closed
Lerato Kodisang
When the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) transgender clinic where Kamogelo Moamogoe received her hormone treatment closed last year following cuts to US funding, she says she was given a prescription to buy her hormones herself, but was not told where she could continue receiving care. Moamogoe,
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Traditional healers say referral system with public clinics needs to work both ways
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