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While Heritage Month celebrates traditional practices that can bring joy to many, there are also harmful traditions that are a violation of human rights.

Some of these practices include Ukuthwala (early or forced marriage), female genital mutilation and unlawful circumcision.

Women survivors of abuse are being given a chance to heal and start over, thanks to a Gauteng Provincial Government centre.

It is the job of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to ensure that inmates are cared for in a secure, safe and humane environment that promotes their rehabilitation.

Helping the DCS look after inmates’ healthcare, nutritional, environmental and personal hygiene needs is a team of highly qualified medical professionals, including pharmacists like Khomotjo Malobekhe, who works in the DCS’s Leeuwkop Management Area in Gauteng.

With many children still at home due to the national Coronavirus lockdown, working women have a lot more to keep their home running smoothly.

People who abuse drugs or alcohol often do so to cope with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. A global pandemic like COVID-19 can trigger a wide range of emotional reactions, causing high levels of anxiety and stress for all of us. 

Every woman in South Africa has the right to reproductive health services, including the right to safe termination of pregnancy.

Over the past few weeks South Africans may have received an SMS or WhatsApp from the Department of Health with their coronavirus (COVID-19) test result, or an alert that they may have been in contact with a person who has tested positive.

The messages are sent by an official government system called COVIDConnect.

As the celebration of African Traditional Medicine Week take place in August, Vuk’uzenzele takes a closer look at umhlonyane also know as lengana which has been very popular amongst South Africans in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A Rustenburg clinic built by a private company has improved the quality of life of the residents of five villages.