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Zizo Zikali

Zizo Zikali is our Eastern Cape based citizen journalist who also heads news at Inkonjane Community Radio in Flagstaff. Under her leadership, the news team is receiving recognition from local government and is the defending champion for Alfred Nzo District Municipality Annual Award for Best Innovative Current Affairs Programme. Zizo has over six years experience in community media and worked for organisations such as Voice of Tembisa FM from 2011-2014 and Inkonjane community Radio since 2014. Her educational qualifications include an Advanced Radio Certificate from University of the Witwatersrand obtained in 2016 and a Human Resources Management qualification from the Durban University of Technology obtained in 2008.

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Cultural beliefs discourage organ donors
By Zizo Zikali, January 3, 2018

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.

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Posted in: OurHealth, Rural Reflections
Tags: featuredorgan donation
Cultural beliefs discourage organ donors
Holy Cross Hospital nurses could be desperate for accommodation beginning of year 2018
By Zizo Zikali, December 19, 2017

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.

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Posted in: Health Management, OurHealth
Tags: featured
Holy Cross Hospital nurses could be desperate for accommodation beginning of year 2018
Traditional leaders champion cancer cause
By Zizo Zikali, December 7, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News
Tags: CancerfeaturedRural Health
Traditional leaders champion cancer cause
Bigger the belly, wealthier the man, say villagers
By Zizo Zikali, December 6, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News
Tags: featuredobesityRural Health
Bigger the belly, wealthier the man, say villagers
Unhealthy eating habits blamed on unploughed land
By Zizo Zikali, November 1, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News, OurHealth
Tags: featuredobesityunhealthy food
Unhealthy eating habits blamed on unploughed land
Class of 2017 anxious about writing maths paper
By Zizo Zikali, October 24, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News, OurHealth
Class of 2017 anxious about writing maths paper
Plans for new cancer unit in Mthatha
By Zizo Zikali, October 6, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News, OurHealth
Tags: Cancerfeatured
Plans for new cancer unit in Mthatha
Resident’s dump site outcry falls on deaf ears
By Zizo Zikali, August 20, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News
Tags: featured
Resident’s dump site outcry falls on deaf ears
Traditional councils should help victims to report abuse
By Zizo Zikali, August 17, 2017

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.

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Posted in: News
Tags: featured
Traditional councils should help victims to report abuse
Family chains mentally ill man for ‘safety’
By Zizo Zikali, August 8, 2017

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.

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Tags: featured
Family chains mentally ill man for ‘safety’
Liquor board fights alcohol abuse in rural Eastern Cape
By Zizo Zikali, July 21, 2017

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.

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Posted in: Alcohol & Drugs, OurHealth, Rural Health
Tags: featured
Liquor board fights alcohol abuse in rural Eastern Cape
ARVs to be available through special ATMs
By Zizo Zikali, July 14, 2017

ARVs to be available through special ATMs

Access to treatment will be now be made easier for people living with HIV/AIDS as they will now be able to collect their medicine at shopping malls thanks to the introduction of specials ATM machines.

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Posted in: News, OurHealth
Tags: featuredHIV and AIDS
ARVs to be available through special ATMs
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