A chronically ill man from Maletswai (previously Aliwal North), who was set to receive a kidney donation from his elderly mother, has been dealt a double blow after she was stabbed to death last week allegedly by her grandson, the man’s eldest son.
The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest provinces with a high unemployment rate and a growing number of homeless people. Women and children suffer the most. Desperate homeless people, including mothers and children, scour dumps for food or stand at traffic lights begging. The government’s social grants are not enough and NGOs play a big role in providing food, healthcare and education.
Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has defended her style of leadership after a video of her scolding nurses and management at Rethabile Clinic in Polokwane drew mixed reactions.