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Staff picket over plan to convert TB hospital to treat Covid-19 – Port Elizabeth in the News

8 May 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Staff picket over plan to convert TB hospital to treat Covid-19: Staff have been picketing since Wednesday, waving placards and singing at the hospital entrance. Regional chairperson for the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) Vuyo Nodlawu said …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Rape survivor left with huge legal bill after losing court case against cops: Businesswoman and activist Andisiwe “Andy” Kawa sued police for damages after accusing them of failing to find her during a 15-hour rape she endured in 2010 but lost the case.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Covid-19: EC district breakdown of cases and deaths: Port Elizabeth’s confirmed coronavirus case number is rapidly increasing, with 431 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths confirmed. The provincial health department on Friday released its updated case …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Tributes pour in for late education MEC Makgato: Former Eastern Cape education MEC Johnny Ngoako Makgato died in a Port Elizabeth hospital on Wednesday. Makgato, 73, who had not been well for some time, died in the early hours of the morning at St …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Woman repatriated to Nigeria gives birth mid-flight: A Nigerian traveller stranded in Dubai in the UAE, who was being repatriated to her home country, gave birth on an Emirates Airline flight en route to Lagos.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

WATCH: Incredible virtual performance by local school band is a must-see: Greenwood Primary School in Port Elizabeth has just given the phrase ‘the show must go on’ a whole new meaning.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Bucs’s Motshwari tests positive for COVID-19: Orlando Pirates central midfielder Ben Motshwari has tested positive for the coronavirus.  that has claimed the lives of more than 150 people in South Africa alone, since the government embarked on a …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

COVID-19: Temporary hospital to be built in PE: Volkswagen and the German government plan to build a temporary hospital in Port Elizabeth and have pledged R107-million towards this. The hospital will potentially accommodate up to 4,000 COVID-19 …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

PE Saps track down woman accused of dumping a decomposed baby: A 30-year-old Port Elizabeth woman will be charged with concealment of birth after she allegedly dumped the decomposing body of a newborn baby in bushes in the Kabega Park area.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.


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