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Eastern Cape woman’s hell of being trapped in a house because she cannot walk – Gqeberha in the News

28 March 2021 By Port Elizabethan

Eastern Cape woman’s hell of being trapped in a house because she cannot walk: Simple daily tasks have to be undertaken at excruciating physical and emotional cost – because there are no wheelchairs for the disabled in the Eastern Cape.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Dr Soon-Shiong: The viral evolution of man behind pill to prevent Covid-19: “That didn’t happen,” he says. “But now I’m ready to fulfil the promise.” Soon-Shiong was born in Gqeberha in 1952, the fifth of eight children. His parents had fled to SA from China’s Guangdong …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Struggling health-care workers given a helping hand: Before embarking on its Hospital Heroes project across four provinces, Gift of the Givers made a pit-stop in Gqeberha on Friday to hand over food parcels to health-care professionals working …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Second buy-back mobile recycling station rolls into Eastern Cape: Shoprite and Polyco have launched the Packa-Ching in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) after its successful programme in East London. The Packa-Ching is an entrepreneur-focused approach and consists …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Survivors on life after Covid-19: Sanqela, 33, deeply grateful and filled with a new purpose. In January, the Makhanda department of social welfare employee, lying desperately ill in St George’s Hospital in Gqeberha, was forced to …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Gqeberha pubs slowly recovering from lockdown blows: Recovery has been slow, but pubs and clubs in Gqeberha are steadily finding their feet after being throttled by lockdown regulations.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.


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This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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