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Water woes in Limpopo make Covid-19 prevention difficult

Determinants Of Health, News

Heavy rains have damaged already inadequate water infrastructure in Vhembe in Limpopo. The long wait for running water is making it impossible for community members to follow hygiene-based anti-Covid-19 practices like washing hands.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
March 15, 2021

Health Minister shaken by state of preparedness in Limpopo on eve of vaccine rollout

News

South African medical authorities are gearing up to deliver the first batch of vaccines but there are major challenges as the minister of health discovered.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
January 21, 2021

How a Limpopo doctor went from studying by candlelight to owning her own practice

Health

Seeing education as a way out of poverty, a Limpopo woman grew up studying by candlelight in a crowded shack. Today, she is a doctor and entrepreneur creating opportunities for others.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 21, 2020

Flowing sewage in Limpopo taxi rank is a major health hazard

News

Thohoyandou residents say they are fed up with the lack of urgency the Vhembe District Municipality shows in repairing burst sewerage pipes.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 11, 2019

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A decade wait but still no psychiatric ward

News, Our Health

It has been almost 10 years since the psychiatric ward in Tshilidzini Hospital outside of Thohoyandou in Limpopo was burnt down – and still it has not been restored or repaired.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 7, 2017

Champion of albinism leads by example

Our Health

When Rapson Mbilu Rambuwani was born with albinism, community members urged his parents to kill him. Today, he’s become a champion for people with the condition.

ndivhuwomusetha
November 4, 2013

Teenage pregnancies in Limpopo worrying

Our Health

Poverty and a lack of access to education are fuelling teen pregnancies and high HIV rates among young people, according to Vhembe health officials in Limpopo.

ndivhuwomusetha
November 4, 2013

Two men charged with rape and murder of grandmother

Our Health

MUTALE – Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping and killing 81-year old Nyawasedza Maliavusa on 10 August at Dzimauli, Phimbida.

ndivhuwomusetha
August 26, 2013

No parole for sexual offenders, says premier

Our Health

People who have been convicted of sexual related offences must serve full terms of their sentences without parole.

ndivhuwomusetha
August 13, 2013

Hundred-year old primary school still has pit toilets

Determinants Of Health, Our Health

One of the oldest Primary Schools in Limpopo, Lukau Primary, does not have toilets.

ndivhuwomusetha
July 29, 2013

Hospital gets water due to councillor’s quick action

Our Health

Hardly twenty days after he promised to deliver water to Donald Frazer Hospital, Vhembe Executive Mayor Tshitereke Matibe has lived up to his promise by having a borehole drilled at the hospital.

ndivhuwomusetha
July 23, 2013

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