HEALTH
SRD GRANT INCREASE IS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT AND IS AN INSULTING PITTANCE
Download PDF Release date: 15 March 2024 For the almost 9 million adults who receive the SRD grant the promise by the President, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), that the grant would be expanded, brought hope in their daily struggle to have enough food to eat. In his Budget Day speech, the …
AYANDA KOTA’S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS THIS WEEK
“The Unemployed Peoples Movement (UPM), in association with the Makana Citizens Front (MCF), the Black Consciousness Movement United (BCMU), the Assembly of the Unemployed, the Zabalaza Movement for Socialism, Cry of the Excluded, Pathways Institute and the Inyanda National Land Movement will host several political activities”
Breaking The Silence: Thokoza’s Suicide Prevention Campaign
“September 10th is recognised as World Suicide Prevention Day. A day that is dedicated to raising awareness about issues that leads to suicide in our society. On this day this year, Ntswaki Khumalo, a social activist and a suicide survivor…”
Community Mapping in Eldorado Park & Kliptown Karibu!
“Before Khanya College started its health pilot project in Eldorado Park and Kliptown, it needed to understand these two communities more. Khanya used the community mapping method which consists of working with local residents and organisations to understand the communities…”
Khanya Community Health Project: Editorial
“Welcome to the first edition of the quarterly Karibu! Health Newsletter, a supplement of Karibu that will focus on Khanya College’s work with communities. The health focus will include education and awareness, and campaigns and organising to improve quality public…”
Historic Kliptown Then and Now
“Kliptown is a very old township in Johannesburg and was formed in 1891 and recognised as a township in 1903. It was an informal settlement, but today it consists of RDP and subsidised housing. In 1955, the Congress of the…”
Khanya’s Community Health Project
“Khanya College’s vision for quality public healthcare began in 1995 and our support for the SA Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) campaign to oppose the Gauteng government’s privatisation of the Emergency Medical Services (ambulance). At the time the SA government and…”
Health Stakeholder Meeting in Eldorado Park
“On 24 August 2023, Khanya College held the first health stakeholder meeting with organisations from Eldorado Park and Kliptown to build a collective understanding of the project, its aims and objectives and the role of the stakeholders. In preparation, Khanya…”
Follow Up – Community Fighting for Their Lives Because Of Dirty Water
“Bathurst’s location of Ndlambe Municipality in the Eastern Cape has been battling with water for a long time. This is as the water is either dirty or there is no water. On Thursday, 10 August 2023, the community discovered that…”
Cholera Breakout At Hammanskraal
On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, the humanitarian aid organisation, Gift of the Givers Foundation distributed thousands of litres of water to clinics across the Hammanskraal area to try and alleviate the cholera breakout crisis.
SA Court Orders Public Hospitals to Grant Free Healthcare to Foreign Mothers
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, upheld the rights of all breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women, as well as children under six, to be provided with free health services at public hospitals, reported SowetanLive.
