Stories of Hope 2026
"Do your little bit of good where you are, it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." ~Desmond Tutu
January
Ame Mankwe
5 January 2026
Lletz
Mediclinic Kloof
Josiah Mbonani
20 January 2026
Cataract Removal
Optimed Eye & Laser Clinic
Mionette Meyer
23 January 2026
Right Partial Parotidectomy
Life Eugene Marais
Vision Medical
Kresmose Meletla
27 January 2026
Cataract Removal
Virida Hospital
Willie De Jager
27 January 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Virida Hospital
Maria Pretorius
27 January 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Virida Hospital
Ralie White
27 January 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Virida Hospital
February
Jamie Felix
18 February 2026
Debridement Right Tibia for Osteomyelitis
Mediclinic Midstream
Good Morning Angels, Lottostar
Frank Banda
23 February 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Intercare Irene
Mark Freer
24 February 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Bennie Havenga
24 February 2026
Cataract Removal Surgery
Virida Day Hospital
March
Lydia Morris
2 March 2026
Anterior Repair & SSLF
Life Brooklyn Day Hospital
Theresa Erasmus
2 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Intercare Irene
Maria Koch
10 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Intercare Hazeldean
Hayleigh Van Staden
12 March 2026
Right Radius Fracture
Life Eugene Marais
Maria Masilo
17 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Intercare Hazeldean
Schalk Van Wyk
18 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Cure Day Hospital Montana
Abudi Mukadam
23 March 2026
Cataract removal
Intercare Irene
Karin Scrooby
24 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Intercare Hazeldean
Frans Meletla
24 March 2026
Cataract Removal
Virida Day Hospital
Kendrick Potgieter
27 & 28 March 2026
Right Tibia Fracture
Life Eugene Marais
Ortho Exact
April
Diederik Muller
1 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Cure Day Hospital Montana
Linda Bobbert
13 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Irene
Zonika Swart
14 April 2026
Cleaning of teeth under anaesthesia
Intercare Irene
Keagan Aphane
15 April 2026
Finger skin contracture & flexion. Z pasty ring finger
Life Eugene Marais
Logan Kirsten
15 April 2026
Syndactyly right hand
Life Eugene Marais
Abigail Erasmus
15 April 2026
Bilateral polydactyly thumbs
Life Eugene Marais
Johnny Herbst
15 April 2026
Syndactyly bilateral hands and toes
Life Eugene Marais
Jaco Visser
15 April 2026
Bilateral Hoke tenotomies
Life Eugene Marais
Keamogetswe Peo
15 April 2026
Bilateral T/A Tenotomies
Life Eugene Marais
Debbies Edwards-Esterhuyse
16 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Najmoonisa Ebrahim
20 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Irene
Elshe Landman
21 April 2026
Shoulder Arthroscopy
ZAH Day Hospital
Good Morning Angels, Lottostar
Jamie Felix
22 April 2026
Arthroplasty
Mediclinic Midstream
Shakeena Isaacs
23 April 2026
Right shoulder joint arthroscopic debridement, of shoulder joint and rotator cuff followed by bankart repair
Life Eugene Marais
EthiQal
Christa Trollip
27 April 2026
Angiogram
ZAH
Jan Kruger
21 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Virida Day Hospital
Hellen Mpawana
28 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Virida Day Hospital
Maria Banda
28 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Christa Trollip
27 April 2026
Angiogram
ZAH
Jan Kruger
21 April 2026
Cataract Surgery
Virida Day Hospital
May
Hester Nel
5 May 2026
General Surgery
Life Eugene Marais
Chad-Lee Valentine
6 May 2026
Orthopaedics
Life Faerie Glen
We Buy Cars
Jonas Kopano
7 May 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Jacoline Veldsman
8 May 2026
General Surgery
Life Eugene Marais
Giovanni Esterhuyzen
11 May 2026
2nd toe deformity, right foot
ZAH
Cheryl Turner
11 May 2026
Anterior Repair & SSLF
Life Brooklyn Day Hospital
Marthinus Botha
12 May 2026
Cornea Transplant
Virida Day Hospital
Frederick Coetzee
12 May 2026
General Surgery & Ahmed Valve
Intercare Hazeldean
Hester Brand
14 May 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Adele Saayman
18 May 2026
Left Hip Replacement
Life Eugene Marais Hospital
Marthinus Botha
19 May 2026
Insert Oil Between Retina & Cornea
Virida Day Hospital
Leigh-Anne Meyer
20 May 2026
Posterior Scoliosis Repair & Fusion T2-L4 & Osteotomies & Toracotomy
Life Wilgers Hospital
Jordan Botha
20 May 2026
TS&As & Grommets
Centurion Day Hospital
Olivia Williams
20 May 2026
TS&As
Centurion Day Hospital
Nkanyiso Hlongwane
20 May 2026
TS&As
Centurion Day Hospital
Johanna Sethole
20 May 2026
TS&As & Grommets
Centurion Day Hospital
Lukhanyano Mpofu
20 May 2026
TS&As
Centurion Day Hospital
Luvuyo Mpofu
20 May 2026
TS&As
Centurion Day Hospital
Eben Kraft
20 May 2026
TS&As & DPP (sinus rinse)
Centurion Day Hospital
Joshua Reid
20 May 2026
TS&As
Centurion Day Hospital
Nomsa Mokoena
21 May 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Lohandi Devilliers
22 May 2026
Cochlear Implant
Cure Midstream Day Hospital
Ina Steyn
27 May 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Ludwig Ackerman
27 May 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Wilna Mynardt
27 May 2026
Left Knee Replacement
Life Eugene Marais Hospital
Monica Johnson
27 May 2026
Right Knee Replacement
Life Eugene Marais Hospital
Chantelle Groenewald
27 May 2026
Right distal femur varus derotation osteotomy & medial patello-femoral ligament reconstruction
Life Eugene Marais Hospital
June
Tebogo Malepa
1 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Naseem Latib
1 June 2026
Cataract Surgery & Anterior Vitrectomy & IOL Secondary
Intercare Irene
Johan Barnard
1 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Irene
Joyce Sigwili
4 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Nomsa Mokoena
4 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Mariam Hussain
8 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Frans Olivier
8 June 2026
Trigger Finger Release Right
Triomf Clinic
William Neethling
8 June 2026
Carpal Tunnel Release Left
Triomf Clinic
Sarah Titidi
8 June 2026
Trigger Finger Release Right
Triomf Clinic
Annekie De Beer
8 June 2026
De Quarvain's Release Left
Triomf Clinic
Jurie Henrico
8 June 2026
De Quarvain's Release Left
Triomf Clinic
Rentia Behrens
8 June 2026
Carpal Tunnel Release Left
Triomf Clinic
Lizelle Bezuidenhout
8 June 2026
Carpal Tunnel Release Left
Triomf Clinic
Mabel Beauchamp
10 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Sylvia Van Den Heerden
10 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Marie Bean
10 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Leon Skinner
10 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Anne Rabie
10 June 2026
Left Shoulder Reverse Prosthesis Total Shoulder Replacement, Resection Bone Debridement
Life Faerie Glen
Uys
22 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Irene
Yaffe
23 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Intercare Hazeldean
Andre Lubbe
24 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Hester Struwig
24 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Johann Tromp
24 June 2026
Cataract Surgery
Optimed
Janet Dicker
29 June 2026
Left Total Hip Replacement
Life Wilgers Hospital