As the public healthcare system in South Africa struggles to keep up with demand, township emergency services have emerged as a pioneering development in addressing the critical gap in healthcare provision.
Township entrepreneurship has played a significant, but unmeasured, role in South Africa since way back when. The Kasi sector is worth R800-billion. With over 60,000 hair salons and 78,000 barbers and much more, it's evident that South Africans have an inherent appetite for entrepreneurial success. (Read GG. Alcock Kasinomics Revolution, he estimates ‘true’ unemployment at 12%, with the informal sector contributing R1 trillion to the SA Economy)
When Nomcebo Mahasha’s father, Gabriel, responded to a gap and invested his pension fund to establish an emergency service an ambulance 10 years ago, he did not anticipate slow returns.