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Gauteng health launches recruitment drive to fight Covid-19
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In an attempt to contain and mitigate against the global pandemic Covid-19, the Gauteng Health Department is calling on qualified professionals to apply for roles on its online portal.
#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng’s ‘low-level’ healthcare workers fear infecting their families
Thabo Molelekwa
Healthcare workers are currently at the forefront of the Covid-19 battle, as President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that they provide an essential service. But as the number of positive cases increases, vulnerable healthcare workers want to get tested too.
Elderly KZN social grantees happy with early payment
Sandile Mbili
Taxi drivers, post office officials and social grant recipients have been adjusting to life in lockdown, with varying levels of success.
CoronavirusSA: Pensioners struggle to receive grants
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
As the younger generation flocked to cash pay points to receive their grants, it was the elderly and others who were disadvantaged. Many pensioners braved the long wait because they needed the money to guy groceries.
#LockdownSA: Transport woes for elderly social grant collectors
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The elderly, and those living with disabilities, in the North West struggled to get transport to their grant payment points on the fourth day of the national lockdown.Â
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