Limpopo

Community demands the rebuilding of clinic

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LIMPOPO - Cracked walls and damaged ceilings characterise the Lephepane Clinic outside Tzaneen where the clinic committee is demanding that the facility be rebuilt.

Mogale Mojela
May 25, 2018

CHAPS promote MMC over mountain initiations

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LIMPOPO - As June fast approaches many young boys in the Vhembe district will be sent to mountain schools for circumcision at the annual winter initiation schools.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 25, 2018

Mentally ill man left alone after mom’s death

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LIMPOPO – The plight of a 27-year-old mentally and physically handicapped man from Mpheni village, outside Louis Trichard is growing increasingly worse as nobody is looking after him and a loan shark retains possession of his social grant card.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
May 7, 2018

Family to appeal ruling in school toilet case

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LIMPOPO - The Komape family, with the help of Section27, is set to appeal the judgment handed by the Polokwane High Court dismissing their claim for R3-million compensation for the death of five-year-old Michael Komape who drowned in a pit toilet at school.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 24, 2018

Hopes for closure ahead of Komape verdict

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LIMPOPO – On Monday the family of Michael Komape – the five-year-old boy who drowned in faeces after falling into a pit toilet four years ago – will find out whether their request for damages has been granted, giving them final closure.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 20, 2018

Concern as patients refuse to take malaria meds

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The Limpopo Department of Health is on an active campaign to encourage people with suspected malaria to seek treatment as soon as possible.

Mogale Mojela
February 28, 2018

Officials ignored warning on Limpopo school toilets

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LIMPOPO - During their final arguments in their lawsuit against the Department of Education representatives for the Komapes argued that the family deserve to be properly compensated for their loss.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 2, 2018

No end in sight for Vhembe’s water woes

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LIMPOPO - Despite the Vhembe District Municipality having reached an agreement with the Department of Water and Sanitation to settle their bulk water bill which now sits at R 300-million, the rural municipality is facing various additional problems.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 30, 2018

Hundreds of toilets for rural community in Limpopo

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The provision of 400 toilets for the residents of Mavhunga village, outside Louis Trichard, has brought an end to years of struggle.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 9, 2018

Limpopo moves to curb malaria

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The Limpopo Malaria Institute says a high number of malaria cases have already been reported in the province and work is underway to disinfect close to 800 000 households across Limpopo.

Mogale Mojela
January 4, 2018

Limpopo’s health system crumbling

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LIMPOPO - To address the health crises in the province, Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has pleaded with the government to pump more money into her department and to stop building new facilities until the old ones have been renovated.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 8, 2017

Patients must report ill-treatment at Tshilidzini hospital

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LIMPOPO - After reports of ill treatment of patients by hospital staff at Tshilidzini, outside Thohoyandou, the Department of Health has encouraged victims to report the ill treatment to the relevant offices at the hospital.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 30, 2017

The wait for justice continues for Komape family

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LIMPOPO - The Komape family will have to wait until next year to know the outcome of the lawsuit they have brought against the Department of Education after their son died at school.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 29, 2017

Komape family refused a pauper’s burial for their son

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LIMPOPO - Two days after Michael Komape’s death in a school toilet, his family was offered a “pauper’s burial” by the Department of Social Development.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 24, 2017

Family sues over poor sanitation following son’s death

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LIMPOPO – More than a hundred residents gathered outside the Polokwane High Court on Monday morning to show their support of the family of six-year-old Michael Komape who are suing the Department of Education for the poor sanitation which lead to his death in 2014.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 14, 2017

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