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Limpopo softball star says medical support for injuries ends after tournaments
Moyahabo Mabeba
18-year-old Maphuti Hlako who qualified to represent South Africa’s under 18 team at an international softball tournament in Botswana, says behind the excitement lies anxiety about injuries, limited access to ongoing medical and mental health support and funding. Hlako is due to travel by bus with the team on 19
Part 5 | How one food stokvel helps 45 North West families fight hunger
Bakang Ditibane
Every month Mapiti Seleka puts aside her R370 unemployment grant, knowing that when food prices rise again, she will not have to face them alone. Together with 44 other households in Tsetse Village outside Mafikeng, she belongs to the Reabetswe Food Stokvel, a community savings group that helps families buy
Parents threaten school boycott over Mobile toilets, ‘We need R27 billion to fix schools’ – Education MEC
Keletso Mkhwanazi
As the Gauteng Education Department faces a R27 billion backlog in school occupational health and infrastructure, parents at a Soshanguve primary school in Tshwane threaten to keep their children home, saying conditions of temporary mobile toilets at the school pose a health and safety risk to learners. Parents at Rivhoningo
After Health-e News’ story, 110-year-old Koko Violet gets a walker
Keletso Mkhwanazi
When Health-e News first shared the story of 110-year-old Koko Violet Ramadimetsa, her birthday wish was not cake or presents. It was a simple wish to walk safely and live with dignity. Koko Violet, who lives in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, had been using an old broomstick in one hand and a
Part 4 | Hunger Is Driving KZN Women to Recycle for Food
Sandile Mbili
Five-year-old hands grip a small yellow hammer, crushing aluminium cans outside a small house in Embo, west of Durban. By the end of the day, Nokulunga Nkabinde hopes the bulging clear bag filled with cans will earn enough money to buy some vegetables, bread and a few eggs for her
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