OurHealth is a project that trains and supports local activists and aspiring health journalists. Our citizen journalists (CJs)  live in rural and poorly-covered areas in South Africa, and report on ...

The budget is a losy opportunity to save lives - HEALA. (Photo: HEALA) The budget is a losy opportunity to save lives - HEALA. (Photo: HEALA) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has boosted the health ...

For more than 30 years the community’s pleas have fallen on deaf ears. A resident, who asked not to be named, says they’ve been asking for a clinic since the 1980s – but nothing has been done. “Our ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the budget this week. (Photo: GCIS) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the budget this week. (Photo: GCIS) A significant portion of South Africa’s ...

Dr Tumelo Mufhandu, a virologist at the University of North West, warns that when there’s no water for hand-washing after using the toilet, it puts people at risk of “gastrointestinal infections from ...

One of Johannesburg’s oldest hospitals, Helen Joseph, is in disarray. Lack of security, non-payment of food service providers, dirty linen piling up in ...

Villager say government promised to upgrade this healthcare point to a full-service clinic. (Photo: Thembi Siaga) Villager say government promised to upgrade this healthcare point to a full-service ...

The family of a man was killed in the psychiatric ward at Philadelphia Hospital demand answers. (Photo: Supplied) The family of a man was killed in the psychiatric ward at Philadelphia Hospital demand ...