Eastern Cape

Traditional leaders outline Covid-19 regulations in bid to reopen Eastern Cape initiation schools

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Ahead of the summer initiation season, traditional leaders plan to introduce Covid-19 regulations to schools. Traditional leaders want government to lift the ban on initiation schools to prevent illegal schools from mushrooming in the Eastern Cape, writes Thamsanqa Mbovane.

healthe
November 20, 2020

Unions protest as health minister visits Covid-19 hit Eastern Cape

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize visited the Eastern Cape this week, where Covid-19 infections are spiking. Mkhize was met with protesting health workers, who say they are being left out of talks and undermined, report Wara Fana and Thamsanqa Mbovane.

healthe
November 19, 2020

Health Minister to visit Eastern Cape as Covid-19 infections surge

Health, News

Government and health experts are focusing on the Eastern Cape, which has seen a spike in Covid-19 infections. The Western Cape has seen a spike too, along with clusters around the country. Minister Zweli Mkhize urged citizens to stick to mask-wearing and social distancing.

healthe
November 16, 2020

Aspen signs Johnson&Johnson Covid-19 vaccine deal

South African generic drug producer Aspen signs Covid-19 vaccine deal

Health, News

South African drug producer, Aspen Pharmacare, has signed a deal with global pharma giant Johnson&Johnson to produce a Covid-19 vaccine once it’s available.

Des
November 2, 2020

Exams go ahead as over 100 learners test positive for coronavirus at Eastern Cape school

Health, News

A wave of coronavirus infections has hit schools in the Eastern Cape. The education department says exams must continue though, and is putting regulations in place.

LindiwePakati
September 28, 2020

#CoronavirusSA: Chaos at Sassa pay points on day one

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Grant beneficiaries converged en masse at pay points in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape as fake news circulated that the grant top-up would only be paid on the first day.

LindiwePakati
May 7, 2020

#LockdownSA: Informal food traders live in fear without protective gear

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Fresh produce hawkers who meet government regulations are allowed to continue business, but in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape food vendors are worried about their safety, as the local government has failed to give them personal protective equipment.

Mogale Mojela and Mogale Mojela
April 17, 2020

More paramedics need to be trained, says union

Our Health

The addition of emergency vehicles to the Eastern Cape fleet is welcomed but a trade union says more staff is also needed.

Zizo Zikali
September 3, 2019

Social media posts highlight challenges in EC hospitals

News

Eastern Cape communities are using social media to express their unhappiness with public health facilities.

Kathryn Cleary
May 16, 2019

More than plaster to fix rural healthcare

Health

As the seasons change and summer becomes a distant memory, May elections creep closer. Campaign posters line the roadways and fight for space on telephone poles of every city and village.

Kathryn and Kathryn
April 23, 2019

Water crises sweep country

News

Forget power cuts. What is happening to our water supply is much more serious. After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, corruption and indifference, South Africans are vulnerable to medieval, water-borne diseases and something even more serious: thirst.

healthe
March 26, 2019

Water crises sweep country

Health

After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, South Africans are vulnerable to water-borne diseases and something even more serious: thirst.

healthe
March 26, 2019

Are workless doctors being ‘picky’?

News

After turning down placements at rural hospitals, hundreds of newly qualified doctors remain unemployed while the country’s rural state hospitals remain desperately understaffed because of a complex – yet fixable - situation. Health-e News’ Amy Green investigates whether these health professionals are being ‘picky’ and what possible solutions there are to this senseless situation.

Amy Green
January 21, 2019

New report sheds light on dire situation at North West public clinics.

Privacy at last for EC clinic patients

Our Health

Mbizana, Eastern Cape - For 40 years patients at the Khanyayo Clinic have been treated in the same consulting room with little privacy - but thanks to a public-private partnership the clinic has received two extra consulting rooms.

Zizo Zikali
August 29, 2018

Winter blues for poor families

Our Health

EASTERN CAPE – As winter takes hold and doctors and nurses urge people to stay warm in their homes, difficulties mount for poor people who live in poverty and homelessness.

Asavela Dalana
July 16, 2018

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