Health & Fitness
‘Include boy-children in family discussions about contraceptives’
As the world braces to celebrate World Contraceptive Day on Friday, September 26, one of South Africa’s leading local health insurance agencies has warned...
Free State health department issues alert as measles cases increase
The Free State Health Department has issued an alert regarding a measles outbreak in the Lejweleputswa Nala (Bothaville) region of the province.
This comes after...
Guards abandon posts at KZN hospital due to nonpayment
The lack of security guards and power outages at Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, is causing a serious headache for the Public Servants Association...
Free State education, media mogul to unearth school football talent
The Edgar Legoale Soccer Schools Programme (ELSSP) and Free State department of education have come together to partner in the groundbreaking initiative aimed at...
Occupational lung diseases remain high among SA miners
The incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and silicosis among gold miners remains high, but recent years have seen a slow decline in the...
Despite religion and the bad rap it has, pork is good...
Despite being prohibited in the majority of religions, including Islam and Judaism, pork provides numerous health advantages.
Although preserved pig products are also widely consumed,...
Festival aims for physical, mental transformation through fitness
A person’s development in fitness may be hampered by a hard profession, family duties, personal issues, or a combination of these reason. According to...
Gauteng health faces lawsuit over R784 cancer treatment fund
The Cancer Alliance and other organisations have filed a lawsuit against the Gauteng department of health (GDoH) alleging that R784-million meant for cancer patients...
Psychiatric patient dies after a fire in Gauteng hospital
A 35-year-old female patient from the psychiatric ward at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Pretoria has died after a tragic fire broke out...
BMA to screen visitors for MPox at all SA borders
The Border Management Authority (BMA) port health professionals have created an outbreak readiness plan that details the reaction for handling the Monkeypox (Mpox) outbreak.
This...
