Her research involves using traditional medicinal plants to create tiny particles that can be added to hospital air systems to kill harmful germs.
Kuhlekonke Phenyane from Vryheid in northern KwaZulu-Natal was born with lamellar ichthyosis (LI), a rare skin condition that causes the build-up of scales all over the body.
His granddaughter says they were turned away because he wasn't on any medication, despite his dangerously high blood pressure. His condition worsened, and he developed severe wounds on his legs.
The Eastern Cape health department has reportedly spent over R500,000 on hotel accommodation for the CEO of Zithulele Hospital.
From the outside the centre looked like an abandoned house, the paint was peeling off from the walls, some windows were broken and the roof was damaged.
Somdaka, a 41-year-old breast cancer survivor, shares her journey of battling and defeating aggressive breast cancer.
A Limpopo based non-government organisation, Conty Lebepe Foundation, has raised alarm bells over the deplorable conditions that elderly residents are subjected to at Vutlhari Old Age Home and Hospice ...
The Limpopo Social Development Department is investigating the centre, with plans to relocate patients to safer facilities.
Yoliswa Sobuwa The Limpopo Department of Social Development (DSD) has started moving residents out of the troubled Vutlhari Old Age Home and Hospice in the village of Roerfontein in Greater Letaba ...
Traditional healers are trusted healthcare providers in many communities, and recent efforts have focused on integrating them into formal healthcare systems.
Starting school at an early age can play a crucial role in protecting children from a range of adversities including abuse, childhood illnesses, malnutrition, and neglect.
Smokers had higher levels of harmful bacteria – like Fusobacterium, Campylobacter and Tannerella forsythia – in their mouths.