Residents of Finetown in Gauteng have been campaigning for a new clinic since the area’s mobile health facility was razed in protests in 2019. Now, the new Finetown Clinic has finally opened its doors.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Finetown Childcare Centre a small, volunteer-run NPO operating out of renovated containers that were donated by the Department of Health was burnt down. The NPO has still not reopened and community members say there are no longer any safe, supervised spaces.