Charlie Vettori is a woman on a mission. The semi-retired professional artist is painting Sir Lowry’s Pass Village red – and green, and blue and all colours bright and beautiful.
Already the village is looking charming and inviting, dotted with colourful murals, painted bridges, decorated bus stops and witty slogans making up “feel-good graffiti”, which also serves as an expression from within the community. And there’s much more to come.
For the past seven years, Prof Makgoba has led a Pretoria-based staff of thirty who investigated patient complaints against health practitioners, hospitals, and clinics across the private and public sectors.
Professor Malegapuru Makgoba’s tenure as South Africa’s health ombud concludes at the end of May. Bienne Huisman spoke to him about headline-making investigations into the Life Esidimeni tragedy and conditions at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, his childhood in Limpopo and how he sidest.