The Daily Vox
Health minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize had been a beacon of hope during the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also seems to have become another casualty in South Africa’s other virus; corruption. So who is Dr Zweli Mkhize? In retrospect there were signs of corrupt behaviour leading up to allegations that Mkhize benefited from a tender his department awarded.
1956: Zweli Mkhize was born in Pietermaritzburg.
1982: He qualified as a medical doctor at age 26 at what was then known as the University of Natal. He was forced into exile in Swaziland, then later in Zimbabwe before returning home in 1991.
They’d rather stay away. Even if this means running out of lifesaving medicines.
The
Mpumalanga State of Health Report May 2021 is filled with data from the observations and interviews conducted by community monitors at 43 facilities across the province in April and May 2021.
These monitors are part of the Ritshidze project, a clinic-monitoring system run by the people who use them. The project was developed by organisations representing people living with HIV, such as the Treatment Action Campaign.
On 4 November 2020, Ritshidze community monitors observed the toilets out of order in the Siphosesimbi Community Healthcare Centre in Nkangala. (Photo by Nokuthula Moya, Ritshidze)
Since giving birth by Caesarean section last year at Tembisa Hospital,
20-year-old Mpho Nombewu says she has suffered painful complications. Nombewu
has been advised by different doctors she consulted about her condition to
return to the facility where she gave birth.
But Nombewu refuses, telling
Spotlight she is scared she might die due to Tembisa Hospital’s reputation for
patients suffering serious adverse events (SAEs).
SAEs in this context refers to events that result in unintended harm to a
patient because something was or wasn’t done as part of a patient’s care,
rather than because of the underlying disease or condition of the patient.
Since giving birth by Caesarean section at Tembisa Hospital in 2020, Mpho Nombewu says she has suffered painful complications. The 20-year-old has been advised by different doctors she consulted about her condition to return to the facility where she gave birth.
But Nombewu refuses, telling Spotlight she is scared she might die due to Tembisa Hospital’s reputation for patients suffering serious adverse events (SAEs).
An SAE in this context refers to an event that resulted in unintended harm to a patient because something was or wasn’t done as part of a patient’s care, rather than because of the underlying disease or condition of the patient.