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Middelburg – The Mpumalanga Mental Health Society (MMHS) hosted a mental health awareness walk on 10 October 2025 at the Adelaide Tambo Community Hall in Middelburg. The event under the theme ‘Walk for Change’ brought together community members, organisations and government representatives to advocate for stronger implementation of mental health policies and programmes across the…
Emalahleni – A not-for-profit organisation called Unlocking Minds hosted a mental wellness event aimed to educate, heal and create a dialogue that reminds people that mental health matters just as much as physical health. Over 40 people attended the event held at Lynnville on 20 September 2025. The day became an open space where conversations…
DELMAS – What began as an atmosphere of hope yesterday, on 18 September 2025, quickly turned into frustration at Delmas Taxi Rank when the Department of Social Development (DSD) told over 50 people suffering from substance abuse that it reserved space for only two people. Sipho Phiri, number 43 on the waiting list, expressed his…
Emalahleni – About 50 people of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party took to the streets of Emalahleni on Tuesday, 09 September 2025, to deliver a memorandum of demands against what they call a “healthcare crisis” at Witbank Provincial Hospital. “The hospital now represents the gates of death, negligence and trauma. Patients come here seeking help…
Middelburg – It was during the Breakfast Connection event with Nedbank and Nkangala District Municipality (NDM) on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, when mayor Thomas Ngwenya revealed that Nkangala has 40, 065 individuals who are HIV positive but have stopped their treatment. “These individuals have fallen out of care, and we must take action to prevent…
Phola– Two women walk the dusty streets of Phola with purpose, courage, and a love deeper than duty. Betty Masilela (67) and her colleague Phumzile Sindane (60) are dynamic community healthcare workers changing lives with two home visits at a time. “We do this out of love. We don’t wait for a salary to move…
MP Health department can’t get linen clean and suspends nineteen nurses Middelburg – The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) is challenging the Mpumalanga Department of Health to justify the suspension of 19 nurses at the Middelburg Provincial Hospital. The nursing staff were placed on precautionary suspension on Monday, 30 June 2025,…
Emalahleni – The grieving family of 13-year-old Siyamthanda Nkosi, who died on 26 June at an initiation school, marched to Vosman Police Station to demand answers and progress about the case. “All I wanted was an update on what’s happening with the case, but there was no response. That’s why we decided to protest,” said…
‘We are not asking for miracles — just respect, dignity, and access to basic healthcare’ DELMAS – Widespread reports of poor service delivery, unhygienic conditions, and inadequate emergency response at Samuel Bernice Hospital in Delmas have sparked growing concerns about the state of public healthcare in the area. What is meant to be a place…
‘One of the key obstacles is the persistent stigma surrounding TB and HIV…’- Professor Ndjeka KWANDEBELE – South Africa, one of 30 countries in the world with a high tuberculosis (TB) burden, aims to intensify the fight against tuberculosis by increasing the number of people testing for the disease to five million over the next…
