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Health services suffer as budget is prioritised to deal with Covid-19 – Gqeberha in the News

7 May 2021 By Port Elizabethan

Health services suffer as budget is prioritised to deal with Covid-19: Basic health services were severely hampered in the last financial year as the national health department shifted its resources towards fighting Covid-19, parliament heard on Friday.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Chippa land new major sponsor: Chippa United Football Club is proud to announce a new water and energy drinks partnership and will now be powered by Hydratlantic Beverages. Hydratlantic is an equally proudly Eastern Cape Food and …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Rain causes damage in Gqeberha and St Francis: A Gqeberha day care centre was damaged during heavy rainfalls on Wednesday night, while for much of Thursday mop-up operations were carried out in St Francis Bay, where numerous incidents of water …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

E-hailing firm DiDi seeks drivers, readies low-cost service: The Chinese-based ride-hailing firm is on a recruitment drive as part of its expansion to Cape Town, and is preparing to introduce a low-cost service.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

South Africa: Mayor Fails to Produce Evidence That ‘Foreigners’ Are Behind Gqeberha Land Occupations: Mayor Nqaba Bhanga has been criticised by civil society for placing immigrants’ lives at risk by making unsubstantiated inflammatory comments …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

School runs for a cause: From the Eastern Cape to Johannesburg, a parent running 1000km for her son’s school has brought a four-month challenge to schools and communities throughout the country.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Nedbank Cup win might offer some respite for Chippa United and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila: Chippa United and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila go into the Nedbank Cup final in the midst of a turbulence in the league as they are languishing in the relegation zone.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Aspen says it can produce generic Covid-19 vaccines in SA amid US support for patent waiver: On Thursday, the US shocked many by announcing that it would support a temporary patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines. Currently, only pharmaceutical companies that own the patents for the vaccines are …
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.

Poly Challenge bell tolls for Earth Hour: He’s as tough as old boots and, at the relatively advanced age of seven, Earth Hour is in the form of his life.
Source: “Gqeberha” – BingNews.


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