FS Health Dept disappointed after Mangaung protest halts phase 2 vaccine drive The elderly in Mangaung have been denied access to the COVID-19 vaccines due to a violent service delivery protest. An older gentleman receives his COVID-19 vaccine shot on 17 May 2021. Picture: @GautengHealth/Twitter
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JOHANNESBURG - The Free State Health Department has expressed disappointment after officials were unable to kick start phase two of the vaccination campaign in Mangaung on Monday.
On Monday morning, residents embarked on a violent protest, barricading roads with burning objects.
The elderly in Mangaung have been denied access to the COVID-19 vaccines due to a violent service delivery protest.
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First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Ace Magashule has created an image of himself as a man of the people – Saint Ace of the Free State, a saviour of the poor. While he insists there was no corruption in the Free State during his eight-year tenure as premier, his legacy is littered with failed, incomplete or stagnant projects and developments.
Magashule’s State of the Province addresses and public comments are peppered with promises of better housing, not “a kasi township”, improved access to healthcare and better services. But a closer look at some of the celebrated multimillion-rand projects launched while he was at the helm has shown them to be monumental flops that have cost the province hundreds of millions of rands while failing to deliver on his promises.
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