No local cases of hantavirus have been reported in South Africa thus far, ensuring public safety and health awareness.

Hoedspruit, a luxury tourist town surrounded by wildlife, offers no housing for service workers, creating a troubling plastic view.

For many parents, education is one of the most difficult hurdles when raising children with autism. Specialised schools are few, often far away.

For nine months, since May 2025, Kgorathuto Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State had ongoing water shortages, making the toilets unusable. Learners arrived at school for registers to be ...

Hantavirus is not Covid-19. It is not easily spread; in fact, it’s unusual for the disease to spread from person to person. This is according to Professor Lucille Blumberg, an infectious disease ...

Parts of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) have been battered by heavy rains in recent weeks, causing more than R3bn in damage to infrastructure and claiming lives. In early March a state of disaster was declared ...

A shallow focus shot of people wearing the same uniform and standing in a line Social workers, researchers and teachers are desperate for more psychosocial support for children and adolescents in ...

In line with international recommendations, these national guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for all mothers, regardless of HIV status.

When it rains raw sewage mixes with stormwater. (Photo: Bakang Ditiro) Residents of Seweding village in Mahikeng say they have been facing persistent sewage spills for months. Frustrated residents say ...