The ANC in the province has made a call for the urgent provision of an intermediate care facility to serve Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain and the surrounding areas.
People in South Africa are used to reports of organisations like Gift of the Givers stepping in during humanitarian emergencies, or service delivery NGOs helping with HIV or tuberculosis programmes. But is there not a risk of the state becoming overly dependent on NGOs, and might this not mask.
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