RURAL COMMUNITIES MUST BE ABLE TO ACT IN EMERGENCIES
September 9th, 2009Dear Editor RE: RURAL COMMUNITIES MUST BE ABLE TO ACT IN EMERGENCIES The Democratic Alliance would like to express its condolences with the families who have lost loved ones this week in the veld fires that razed the Eastern part of the province. This tragedy should be a warning to the whole province — which has been experiencing an ongoing drought — that rural communities need to be trained and …
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Krisis in plaaslike regering
August 27th, 2009Beste redakteur Krisis in plaaslike regering Plaaslike regering in hierdie provinsie is in ‘n krisis. Dis welliswaar in ‘n toestand van verval. Ons beleef aanhoudende munisipale stakings, bande word in die strate gebrand en munisipale amptenare was selfs geiselaar gehou in Uitenhage. Die bakleiery duur voort in die Metro en in Buffalo City oor die aanstelling van munisipale bestuurders. Op Addo is die munisipale kantoor aan die brand gesteek! Die …
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Problems at Dora Nginza is symptomatic of the many ills plaguing the EC Health Department.
August 16th, 2009Dear Editor The documentary by M-Net’s Carte Blanche last Sunday about the problems at the Dora Nginza Hospital is symptomatic of the many ills plaguing the Eastern Cape Health Department. Our health system is failing thousands of people every day. Examples can be found every day, everywhere and intervention at the highest level is what is needed.