HEALTH TIME BOMB AT ROSEDALE
August 19th, 2009The serious health risk at the Rosedale squatter camp in Uitenhage is a ticking time bomb. Yet the plight of the people living there seems to be of little concern to the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality. Whilst it is a fact that Erf 1 in Acacia Road in Rosedale was illegally invaded in the early part of 2007, the Metro chose to place a moratorium on evicting the squatters, until …
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FUNDS SHORT TO HELP HIV PATIENTS
August 9th, 2009One must ask serious questions as to how the ANC led government hopes to look after the health of a whole nation when its provincial government cannot even help a seventh of the HIV-infected people in the Eastern Cape. This lack of commitment poses serious implications for the future prosperity of this province. As we celebrate Women’s Day today (subs: Sun: 9 Aug) we must not forget that hundreds of …
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