Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Jane Cowley MPL
Born and educated in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. Studied a B.Sc degree at Stellenbosch University, then an HED through UNISA. Started teaching Biology and Maths at Qhayiya Combined school in 1993. Became the Principal of Shaw Park Primary School in 1999 and eventually resigned from teaching in 2011.
I had already started my journey with the DA as a branch chair and simply got more and more excited and involved in the process. I taught Maths (specifically Geometry) to Grade 10 in a Catch-Up programme through the Rhodes University Education Dept Maths Chair, under Prof Marc Schafer, for four years.
This resulted in a Masters degree in Mathematics Education. Became a PR councillor in Ndlambe municipality in 2014.
I became a PR councillor in Ndlambe municipality in 2014. Happily married to Paul for 24 years and have two teenage boys who attend Graeme College in Grahamstown.
Currently serving as an MPL in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as DA Shadow MEC for Health.
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Patients waiting for life-saving orthopaedic surgeries at Livingstone Hospital have now been told by their doctors to call President Cyril Ramaphosa, because their hands are tied and cannot operate because there are no implants or surgical supplies available. This is a humanitarian crisis. Patients with broken bones, lying in agony, are being told to ask the president for help because the Department entrusted with their care cannot fulfil its basic …
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Flash floods that hit Komani during the early hours of this morning have taken out generators at both the town’s hospitals, placing patients’ lives at risk. One generator at the Frontier Hospital, which services the maternity ward, as well as ICU and theatre, has malfunctioned, while the generator servicing the maternity unit at the privately owned Life Queenstown has also been taken offline due to the flooding. Without these generators, …
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The Cradock hospital has had its power cut off by the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality because the Department of Health has not paid its municipal account. The Department owes a whopping R5,7 million to the municipality. By not paying its account, the Department has placed the lives of patients at risk. Premature babies cannot be kept warm or ventilated, blood samples and medication cannot be stored at the correct temperatures …
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The generator at the B. J. Vorster Hospital in Kareedouw malfunctioned at the start of the year, endangering patients’ lives whenever loadshedding is implemented. Three weeks have passed, but it has still not been repaired. To make matters worse, ESKOM says the hospital cannot be exempted from loadshedding! Nurses are now forced to bring torches with them to work, while critical life-saving procedures must be scheduled according to the latest …
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The latest adjustments budget, tabled in the Eastern Cape Legislature last week, made it clear that there is simply not enough money available to rescue the failing Department of Health that is factually bankrupt. Despite nearly a billion rand in additional funding, there is still a significant shortfall in what is needed to bring financial stability to the Department, which had accruals of close on R5 billion at the beginning …
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