Dear MyPE The people of Alicedale are being denied their basic human right to water by the uncaring ANC led Makana Local Municipality. Last week the community of Alicedale had to suffer through five days without water, receiving water only on Saturday, 16 January 2021, due to an inefficient solar-powered borehole. In 2020 the Makana Municipality received drought funding from the Sarah Baartman District Municipality and with Day Zero imminent, Council took a resolution to drill boreholes … [Read more...] about Residents of Alicedale struggle due to debilitating water crisis
Theo Bruintjies
Ambulance shortage leads to death of young Makana woman and her unborn child
Dear MyPE The continued shortage of ambulances in Alicedale has now led to the death of a young woman and her unborn child. Waiting for an ambulance to take a patient to Makhanda from Alicedale can take anything from three to five hours to more than a day. Most days there is only one functioning ambulance in the Makana district. Often the ambulance must take patients from Makhanda to Port Elizabeth and can then only collect rural patients after it returns to Makhanda. On Tuesday last … [Read more...] about Ambulance shortage leads to death of young Makana woman and her unborn child
