Healthcare workers, humanitarian organisations and migrants are warning that South
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A recent Health-e News report on allegations by a young Limpopo mother, who says doctors removed her uterus without her knowledge or consent, raises questions about patients’ rights before undergoing sterilisation procedures. Here’s what South African law says about consent and sterilisation. What is sterilisation and who can perform it?
Young Limpopo mother: ‘womb removed without My knowledge or consent’
Thomo Nkgadima
A young Limpopo mother says doctors removed her womb during childbirth surgery without her knowledge or consent, leaving her in pain and struggling to come to terms with what happened. Dimakatso Madimabe* (20) says she was eight months pregnant when she went for a routine check-up at Bothashoek Clinic on
From clinics to public health: Concerns grow over anti-migrant campaign
Adel Van Niekerk
Healthcare workers, humanitarian organisations and migrants are warning that South Africa’s anti-migrant campaign is beginning to disrupt access to healthcare, raising concerns about interrupted chronic health treatment and broader public health. The warnings follow the 30 June deadline set by anti-migrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa. Days
Zimbabwean Migrants In Louis Trichardt Fear Losing Access To Health Services
Bernard Chiguvare
Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics or told their latest chronic medication collection will be their last, raising fears that anti-immigrant pressure is starting to affect access to healthcare. The concern follows the 30 June deadline set by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented
Roodepoort mother speaks about life with a stoma after childbirth complications
Adina Aphane
A Roodepoort mother is speaking out about life with a stoma after childbirth, saying the condition has changed how she mothers, works and manages her life. Phemelo Seane, 28, says she has been living with a stoma since 2024 after suffering severe childbirth complications at a local public hospital following
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