IN-DEPTH | Have health services improved in the Eastern Cape since the last elections? news24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
South Africa: Health Services in the Eastern Cape - What Changed Since the Last Elections? allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) in the Eastern Cape plans to migrate all grant beneficiaries, who currently receive payments at cash pay points, many in rural villages, to electronic banking by March.In a presentation to the Eastern Cape legislature’s portfolio committee on social development this week, Sassa’s Eastern Cape acting regional executive manager, Zanoxolo Mpeta, said the move had come as a result of an increase in cash-in-transit heists as well as capacity challenges at the Post Office.
Easier access to antiretrovirals helps people in rural areas – The Mail & Guardian mg.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mg.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In South Africa’s rural areas, people often face a long, arduous journey to get to a clinic to pick up their HIV medicines. Not taking the drugs regularly means their health suffers, which can make it even harder to make the trip. The Bulungula Incubator in rural Eastern Cape has figured out ho.