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Coronavirus spurs urgent upgrades at 22 Eastern Cape hospitals – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Coronavirus spurs urgent upgrades at 22 Eastern Cape hospitals: Among the hospitals are Frere, Port Elizabeth Provincial, Midlands, Madalweni, Taylor Bequest, Aliwal North, Cradock and Silimela. Work at some of the hospitals started last week. The project is worth …
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After a parochial start, the world now drives SA cars: SA has a long, illustrious history of automotive manufacturing. In 1924 when Ford began assembling motor vehicles in Port Elizabeth, it was very much about servicing the needs of wealthy early …
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Isuzu steps up to help with food distribution: Isuzu Motors SA (IMSAf) has helped avert a possible food crisis in Port Elizabeth by supplying trucks to deliver supplies to impoverished communities. Non-profit organisation FoodForward SA, which …
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Health Department says stigma around Covid-19 growing as community leaders excluded from official response: Clinic committees in Port Elizabeth’s biggest metro, which are desperate to do oversight and assist in community education, have not been issued with permits that will allow them to travel during the …
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More Covid-19 cases reported in SA prisons: St Albans prison in Port Elizabeth and Worcester prison in the Western Cape have one case each – with officials infected in both cases. There was also one case of an official at the department’s …
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Hunger, desperation and looting in Port Elizabeth: On Wednesday 15 April pastor Russel Viljoen and senior members of his church had to smuggle food into Timothy Valley in Port Elizabeth as they feared being robbed by an increasingly hungry community. …
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Six new virus cases confirmed at East London prison: St Albans Correctional Centre in Port Elizabeth remained on one case after an official was previously confirmed to have tested positive. “A total of 83 officials were tested and their results …
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Township residents protect spaza shops from looters: Hundreds of residents from Govan Mbeki and Nkandla townships in Port Elizabeth took a stand against criminals to protect some immigrant-owned spaza shops from looters on Tuesday morning. In Govan …
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SANDF officials test positive for COVID-19: The new cases mostly come from the East London Correctional Centre and includes 53 inmates and 25 officials. On Monday, the Port-Elizabeth-based St Albans Correctional Centre and the department’s head …
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