VHEMBE. ' Requests to the Department of Education to upgrade facilities at the Mafukani pre-school have fallen on deaf ears, and have eventually resulted in a four-year-old nearly losing her life after being bitten by a snake in the sub-standard toilet facilities at the school.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Five governmental departments in this Eastern Cape village have been without electricity for weeks. The district offices for the Departments of Education, Health, Social Development, Traffic and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have been unable to provide services to communities here because their electricity was cut.
LUSIKISIKI. - Nkosiphendule Ngwendu, or Di, as people call him, lives in Mevana Administration Area in Lusikisiki. He is 32 years old and living with HIV.
VHEMBE. ' A group of women from this community volunteers their time and services at the local Matavhela Clinic without expecting anything in return.
LUSIKISIKI. ' The community of the Eastern Cape village is rallying behind a rape survivor whose case is only being heard in court this month ' three years after the traumatising attack took place.
MGUNGUNDLOVU. - Imbalenhle community health clinic in KwaZulu Natal recently commemorated Pharmacy Week. The theme for the week was "Toward Quality Care Together", and it aimed to educate patients about medicine, particularly those on chronic medication.
LUSIKISIKI ' Two men, aged 26 and 30, late one night last week forced their way into 10-year-old Nasiphi's* home in the Bazana location in the Eastern Cape and raped her.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Community members, health care staff and activists from this Eastern Cape village were up in arms about the poor conditions at the local Village Clinic.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Residents from Mevana district in the Eastern Cape were stunned by the level of service they received from the emergency services in the area. This community, who is used to long queues, medicine stock outs and generally poor health services was pleasantly surprised when the emergency services arrived within minutes after they logged a call.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Communities in the Eastern Cape are up in arms about the breakdown in health services in this province and activist groups here are pressurising local and provincial departments for answers and solutions.
LUSIKISIKI. ' Patients and community members from this Eastern Cape village clashed with police during a march to the local office of the Department of Health where they delivered a memorandum of grievances about the health services in the area.
Lusikisiki. ' For Nontandabuzo Bhokhwayidli, a 43-year-old woman from Mfinizweni Village in the Eastern Cape, an HIV diagnosis in 2004 was only the start of her health problems, because at times the treatment she received for HIV were worse than the disease itself.
Lusikisiki. ' Siyabulela Mvilisi's family thought he was cursed when he used to inexplicably topple over and have seizures.
Lusikisiki. ' The Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health has not delivered on their promise of a new, fully-functional Village Clinic to replace the previous one that had to close down after the department failed to pay rent for the premises.
Vhembe. ' Christmas day is synonymous with festivities. Although most people use the time to visit with their loved ones, there are also those who use the day as an excuse to abuse alcohol and drugs.
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