Zizo Zikali

Health Systems, Our Health

Patients forced to sleep on the floor

EASTERN CAPE – Patients from rural Mbizana, who rely on state transport to get them to Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Umthatha for specialist treatment, have to sleep on the floor while they wait for an ambulance.

Zizo Zikali
June 12, 2018

Health, Our Health

Hungry learners embarked on strike action

School meals. School Nutrition Programme Resumption

The Eastern Cape’s Department of Basic Education has failed on several levels, with the latest being its failure to provide food to hungry learners – sparking a school strike in the province.

Zizo Zikali
May 30, 2018

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Municipality fails to address poor sanitation

EASTERN CAPE - For the people of Flagstaff access to basic sanitation services remains a massive and ongoing challenge, and even the municipal efforts underway to address the problem are failing.

Zizo Zikali
April 13, 2018

News, Our Health

EC men open dialogue against domestic abuse

Men of the Eastern Cape are hungry, angry and unless poverty and unemployment are addressed properly, the province will continue to have the highest rape and murder rates in the country along with the lowest employment.

Zizo Zikali
January 10, 2018

Health, Our Health

Cultural beliefs discourage organ donors

EASTERN CAPE - While thousands of South Africans are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplants, it remains a difficult task to convince rural black communities to donate organs because of their cultural beliefs.

Zizo Zikali
January 3, 2018

Health Systems, Our Health

Holy Cross Hospital nurses could be desperate for accommodation beginning of year 2018

EASTERN CAPE - Holy Cross Hospital nurses might find themselves without accomodation come January 2018. This follows a notice of eviction granted by Anglican Church Mission authorities who claim that the land on which the nurses’ home is situated is owned by the church.

Zizo Zikali
December 19, 2017

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Traditional leaders champion cancer cause

EASTERN CAPE - Women in traditional leadership formed initiatives to embark on cancer awareness campaigns to educate their communities on dangers, early detection and prevention of breast cancer.

Zizo Zikali
December 7, 2017

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Bigger the belly, wealthier the man, say villagers

For a number of previously disadvantaged communities, the bigger the belly the wealthier an individual is a common perception.

Zizo Zikali
December 6, 2017

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Unhealthy eating habits blamed on unploughed land

Land in the Eastern Cape, once ploughed by villagers and the source of fresh produce, is now used either just for grazing purposes or is going unused altogether.

Zizo Zikali
November 1, 2017

News, Our Health

Class of 2017 anxious about writing maths paper

EASTERN CAPE – Learners enrolled to write their matric exams in the OR Tambo Coastal District (previously known as Lusikisiki) are not confident that they will achieve good marks in mathematics.

Zizo Zikali
October 24, 2017

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Plans for new cancer unit in Mthatha

People diagnosed with cancer living in the rural towns in the southern part of the Eastern Cape have to travel hundreds of kilometres to get treatment.

Zizo Zikali
October 6, 2017

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Resident’s dump site outcry falls on deaf ears

Eastern Cape - Dlibona residents are devastated by repeated empty promises by the local government to address an illegal dump site in their area.

Zizo Zikali
August 20, 2017

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Traditional councils should help victims to report abuse

For Thuthuzela Care Centres operating in rural areas such as Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, rape cases that go unreported and are discussed only by traditional councils remain the biggest challenge for the centres.

Zizo Zikali
August 17, 2017

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Family chains mentally ill man for ‘safety’

EASTERN CAPE - A physically disabled and mentally challenged 27-year-old man, who has been mistreated by his community, has been imprisoned in his own home for his own safety. But authorities have undertaken to step in and help the embattled family and see what needs to be done.

Zizo Zikali
August 8, 2017

Health, Our Health

Liquor board fights alcohol abuse in rural Eastern Cape

In its efforts to reduce alcohol abuse among young people, the Eastern Cape Liquor Board has been hosting sports tournaments in different parts of the province.

Zizo Zikali
July 21, 2017

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