The Eastern Cape government had a tough time convincing members of parliament that it had things under control in its response to Covid-19 in the province
But Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba stood by the project and her statements from earlier this week when she said the scooters were necessitated by “inequalities in our society”, a legacy of apartheid.There were separate clinics for whites, there were separate clinics for coloureds and there were separate clinics for blacks. Our own people never had clinics, they built mud clinics,” she said on Thursday.
She said no money had been paid for the scooters but the department was doing a post-tender assessment. A full report is awaited.57,186 Covid-19 infections. This is Presenting to the committee on behalf of the provincial government, director-general in the premier's office Mbulelo Sogoni said the Eastern Cape had a1,346 teachers were infected with Covid-19 and there were 48 deaths.
employ additional health care workers, counsellors and social workers, and acquire beds and ventilators for its fight against Covid-19.
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