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People queueing outside of Ngcobo Community Health Centre in Masonwabe township. The clinic has been without running water for 10 years. (Delwyn Verasamy)
ARTICLE

Will the new Eastern Cape govt give people of Ngcobo back their 24/7 health centre?

After 2022, the Ngcobo Community Health Centre in the rural Eastern Cape ceased operating 24 hours every day because spiralling crime and dry taps made it impossible for workers…

  • Christina Pitt
  • Linda Pretorius
  • Anna-Maria van Niekerk
  • Mia Malan
9 min read
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province would do whatever is needed to address the shortage of additional space and beds to accommodate the rising Covid-19 admissions in hospitals.
BANDILE MASUKU

State of the Provinces: Makhura takes hard line on corruption — Mabuyane downplays it

The Gauteng and Eastern Cape premiers have been ravaged by scandal over the past year, in both instances involving the political heads of their health departments

  • Lizeka Tandwa
6 min read