Two senior officials have returned to the Northern Cape Department of Health after being suspended, but the department remains without a permanent head. Opposition parties and a nursing union say the lack of leadership is having a negative effect on healthcare services in the province. Refilwe.
Northern Cape Health MEC Marupeng Lekwene and the head of the Robert Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley recently launched a turnaround plan to address the many challenges at the province’s only tertiary hospital. Refilwe Mochoari and Alicestine October combed through departmental reports and speec.