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NGOs work together to help pregnant learners

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Girls still in primary school are among the many learners who have become pregnant. This shocking update emerged during a consultative meeting facilitated by NACOSA, a network of civil society organisations working to turn the tide on HIV, Aids and TB.

mpholekgetho
September 20, 2018

Second round of HPV vaccinations underway

Our Health

Grade 4 girls across the Flagstaff circuit in the Eastern Cape are being vaccinated for the second round against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) after the departments of health and education launched the HPV vaccination campaign.

Asavela Dalana
September 13, 2018

Cheque fraud syndicate targets EC schools

News

The Eastern Cape Department of Education has uncovered a cheque fraud syndicate that targets schools in Alfred Nzo municipality.

Zizo Zikali
September 6, 2018

Angry parents pull learners out of dilapidated schools

Our Health

LIMPOPO - Angry parents have pulled out their children out of the dilapidated and damaged Tshivhade Primary School after learning that it been removed from the list of Vuwani area schools to be renovated.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 28, 2018

Tormented by peers, children choose to go hungry

News, Our Health

Children, especially in rural areas, are turning away from school feeding schemes because they fear being judged for being poor by their fellow learners, despite being hungry. HEALTH-E NEWS spoke to learners and experts about the stigma of hunger and its effect on children's health and education.

Amy Green, Amy Green, Amy Green and Amy Green
May 7, 2018

Five years later, parts of school still roof-less

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After years of empty promises by the Limpopo education department, learners from Dzimauli School in Folovhodwe village are still being taught in roofless classrooms.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 22, 2017

A nurse drives school shoe campaign

News, Our Health

LIMPOPO-As the school year kicks off and many pupils from rural Limpopo go barefoot, one compassionate professional nurse has started a drive to donate shoes to those in need.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 25, 2017

Rural pupils choose junk food over feeding scheme offerings

News, Our Health

The Department of Education in Limpopo has introduced feeding schemes at all rural schools in the province in an effort to promote healthy eating habits among learners, yet many children are choosing unhealthy food sold by the hawkers outside the school…

NdivhuwoMukwevho
October 21, 2016

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