Department of Health: Z.F. Mgcawu District

20/08/2025

20/08/2025

20/08/2025

🟧 THIS WEEK ON HEALTHY LIVING 📺

Join us live this Wednesday as the man with the midas touch, Mr Malik Kau sits down with Mr Arthur Moloinyana, EMS Operations Manager and Acting Provincial Director for EMS/Disaster Management & Forensic Services.

They’ll unpack the critical role of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in saving lives across the Northern Cape and everything you need to know about joining the EMS team! Don’t miss out
📅 Date: 20 August 2025
🕖 Time: 19h00
📍 Live on Facebook & YouTube
👉 Northern Cape Department of Health page /

Let’s grow healthy together, Northern Cape! 💚

19/08/2025

📍 UPINGTON - ZF Mgcawu District

In Training 📚- Strengthening HIV Services through Capacity Building

Community Health Care Workers (CHWs) and HTS Counselors in the Dawid Kruiper Sub-District are currently participating in a 3-day HAST Refresher Training, aimed at enhancing their knowledge and skills in the delivery of comprehensive HIV services.

The training covers key focus areas including:
• HIV identification & linkage to care
• Differentiated models of care
• Comprehensive health education
• Patient tracing & re-engagement
• HIV testing protocols
• Integrated patient-centred care
• Optimisation of clinic visit schedules

By strengthening the capacity of CHWs and HTS Counselors, this refresher training is expected to improve case identification, facilitate better linkage and retention in care, and ultimately enhance the quality of patient support services across the sub-district.

19/08/2025

💛 Possible symptoms of PCOS

Polycystic O***y Syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder that affects many women of reproductive age. Some of the possible symptoms include:

🔸 Heavy, irregular or absent periods
🔸 Infertility
🔸 Acne or oily skin
🔸 Excessive hair on the face or body
🔸 Hair thinning or male-pattern baldness
🔸 Weight gain, especially around the belly

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, you are not alone and you don’t have to suffer in silence.

Visit your nearest clinic or community health centre for support, screening and medical advice.

19/08/2025

15/08/2025

14/08/2025

[📍IN PICTORIAL 📸] - THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ENGAGEMENT WITH DISTRICT AND HOSPITALS MANAGEMENT IN THE ZF MGCAWU DISTRICT.

Today marks the second working day of the Provincial Health Executive Management towards monitoring and strengthening the delivery of health care services in the broader ZF Mgcawu District.

In bolstering support to the districts, the Executive Management in the Department is currently engaging with district and hospitals management team with a firm view to address pertinent issues affecting service delivery to communities.

💚 Working together for better health outcomes in our communities.

14/08/2025

📍🏥( Where Expertise Meets Urgency)
At a tertiary hospital, every heartbeat matters. From advanced surgeries to specialized care, this is where frontline professionals tackle the toughest health challenges.