ON THURSDAY, the EFF once again disrupted council proceedings.A red wave descended on the Germiston Civic Centre in Ekurhuleni, where party members were given their marching orders. As cops were called in to get the red berets out, blood flowed after a top Metro cop was moered. Daily Sun was told deputy police chief Johann..
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No wonder they are called animals – EFF viscously attack top metro cop
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There is no turning back! Ekurhuleni plans to expropriate four pieces of land without compensation
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The City of Ekurhuleni plans to expropriate four pieces of land without compensation after its council resolved on Thursday to start the process in the city. Mayor Mzwandile Masina said on Thursday that the city wanted to test Section 25 of the constitution. “We were the first to launch the Rapid Land Release Programme and..
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TEMBISA Hospital in Ekurhuleni – patients often have to sleep on stretchers or mattresses on the floor
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TEMBISA Hospital in Ekurhuleni serves 2,5 million people and delivers 16 000 babies a year but only has 840 beds.
This was revealed yesterday by hospital CEO Dr Lekopane Mogaladi during an oversight inspection conducted by the DA.
Mogaladi said patients often have to sleep on stretchers or mattresses on the floor.
He said the hospital and a private partner had plans to open a prefab medical ward with 24 beds in August. The CEO said the hospital desperately needs 49 more nurses but the Gauteng Health Department has only given them permission to fill four posts.
Head of nursing Wilfred Mothwane said the hospital should have at least 623 more nurses.
“Some of the current nursing staff are going to retire soon. We deliver 42 babies daily with a limited number of midwives,” said Mothwane.
DA Gauteng shadow health MEC Jack Bloom said: “Tembisa would benefit if the health department expanded Edenvale Hospital and built a medical facility in Kempton Par
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Feast of free booz after beer truck loses load in Isando
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It was a feast of free booze for looters along Industry Road in Isando‚ near Kempton Park in Ekurhuleni‚ on Monday morning after a truck carrying Heineken crates lost parts of its load.
People rushed to grab boxes‚ each containing 12 beer bottles‚ before police and company staff could arrive to stop them.
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ANC Ekurhuleni backs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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The ANC Ekurhuleni region announced that it will back former African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as their candidate to succeed Jacob Zuma as the next party president. Briefing journalists in Benoni on Tuesday, ANC regional chairman Mzwandile Masina said the regional general council currently underway, has resolved that Dlamini-Zuma was the best candidate..
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Hospital out of Hell – department calls it a hospital, but patients call it a nightmare
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THE DEPARTMENT CALLS IT A HOSPITAL BUT THE PATIENTS CALL IT A NIGHTMARE. Patients claim they have to bring their own bedding and food. Sometimes they sleep in the corridors and even on the floor. Many patients at Pholosong Hospital in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni in the East-Rand complain about the treatment at the hospital. Patients claimed..
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Free handout – Mayor loses the plot completely with informal settlement conversion
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So the mayor of Ekurhuleni now wants to convert all the informal settlements, that pollute our city, into formal townships with a free handout of land and the supply of all services and facilities. As is usual with the ANC, the idea is ill-conceived and is purely politically motivated. It will lead to economic ruin…
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