The Life Esidimeni Family Committee will today host a healing session in Johannesburg for all bereaved family members to support each other and remember their loved ones. Many of the families have not been able to meet during COVID, so this is the first gathering in years. The Life Esidimeni tragedy involved the deaths of 144 people at psychiatric facilities in  Gauteng from causes including starvation and neglect.The Pretoria High Court is currently holding an inquest probing criminal liability for the deaths of the mentally-ill patients following their removal from Life Esidemeni to ill equipped and unlicensed NGOs in 2016.  Christine Nxumalo is a member of the Esidimeni Bereaved Families Committee 

The Life Esidimeni Family Committee will today host a healing session in Johannesburg for all bereaved family members to support each other and remember their loved ones. Many of the families have not been able to meet during COVID, so this is the first gathering in years. The Life Esidimeni tragedy involved the deaths of 144 people at psychiatric facilities in  Gauteng from causes including starvation and neglect.The Pretoria High Court is currently holding an inquest probing criminal liability for the deaths of the mentally-ill patients following their removal from Life Esidemeni to ill equipped and unlicensed NGOs in 2016.  Christine Nxumalo is a member of the Esidimeni Bereaved Families Committee

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Esidimeni healing session for bereaved families

As South Africans are enjoying the easter weekend, the national conversation is once again focussing on road safety, traffic volumes and inevitably the number of lives lost. But what happens after the headlines fade? Every year, thousands of South Africans survive road accidents. While fatalities dominate the news cycle, far less attention is given to those who are left behind to deal with the long-term consequences of serious injury. According to  Amanda Rogaly, CEO of RoadCover ,  many South Africans remain unaware that they may be entitled to financial support through the Road Accident Fund (RAF). Bongiwe Zwane caught up with her for further details...

As South Africans are enjoying the easter weekend, the national conversation is once again focussing on road safety, traffic volumes and inevitably the number of lives lost. But what happens after the headlines fade? Every year, thousands of South Africans survive road accidents. While fatalities dominate the news cycle, far less attention is given to those who are left behind to deal with the long-term consequences of serious injury. According to &nbsp;Amanda Rogaly, CEO of RoadCover , &nbsp;many South Africans remain unaware that they may be entitled to financial support through the Road Accident Fund (RAF). Bongiwe Zwane caught up with her for further details...

RoadCover encourages registration in order to better access the Road Accident Fund

As of 2024, an estimated eight million people are living with HIV in South Africa, representing approximately 13 percent of the global total, of whom five-point-two Million are women. Despite significant progress in treatment coverage and a fifty-three percent reduction in new infections since 2010, the country recorded approximately 170-thousand new HIV infections in 2024 alone, the highest annual total globally. At the centre of this crisis are adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 15 to 24 as they account for approximately 25 percent of all new HIV infections. TB HIV CARE, has however launched the My Journey Initiative in order to assist adolescent young girls and women from where they live, learn and gather. Bongiwe Zwane caught up with the Programme Director for Prevention in Priority Populations at TB HIV Care, Jennifer Mcloughlin

As of 2024, an estimated eight million people are living with HIV in South Africa, representing approximately 13 percent of the global total, of whom five-point-two Million are women. Despite significant progress in treatment coverage and a fifty-three percent reduction in new infections since 2010, the country recorded approximately 170-thousand new HIV infections in 2024 alone, the highest annual total globally. At the centre of this crisis are adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 15 to 24 as they account for approximately 25 percent of all new HIV infections. TB HIV CARE, has however launched the My Journey Initiative in order to assist adolescent young girls and women from where they live, learn and gather. Bongiwe Zwane caught up with the Programme Director for Prevention in Priority Populations at TB HIV Care, Jennifer Mcloughlin

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