Leading SA health experts warn that Covid-19 response is hurting other health priorities: Children are suffering increasingly from preventable infectious diseases, including TB and measles, due to missed vaccinations
Source: GroundUp News.
Philippi residents cry foul over stagnant water: City blames company building CTM in Mitchells Plain for damaged pipeline
Source: GroundUp News.
Overcrowded Dunoon battles rising Covid-19 cases: No social distancing and health workers protest after colleagues test positive
Source: GroundUp News.
Planting veggies for the hard times ahead: Candy Mayfair of Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life
Source: GroundUp News.
Man dies in first shack fire at relocation site in PE: Households relocated to Jaagvlakte serviced sites in February have been waiting ever since for electricity and water to be connected
Source: GroundUp News.
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