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Clinical Psychologist. Change-maker🌈 Mandela Rhodes Scholar. Researcher. Co-editor of 'Chasing Freedom' 🇿🇦 @WashFellowship Tweeting in my personal capacity
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Our team from the Mental Health and Gender Initiative launched "This is how we mend our bones: A wellness journal and poetry collection"
This is a collection of poems, photos & stories from women living with mental illness.
DM me for orders or visit
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Bollywood is releasing its first major romantic comedy with a lead gay character.
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan ("Be Extra Careful About Marriage") stars Ayushmann Khurrana as a young man fighting antigay stigma in his society and family
🌈
#LGBTI
✊🏽 🤞🏾
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Dear Journalists,
Zimbabwe is burning!
@edmnangagwa
has turned off the internet.
Citizens are being killed as you read this.
Stop the media blackout by covering Zim around the clock with the urgency it deserves.
Our hearts are with you fellow Zimbabweans.
#ZimbabweShutDown
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The African Union released a whole statement on
#BlackLivesMatter
but is dead silent on
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
: 🇿🇼
Do black lives only matter in the Global North?
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@RatoHappy
I'm a clinical psychologist, Rato. DM me your cellphone number and we can chat.
Otherwise, call 0800 567567 or 0800 456789 and a counsellor will be able to assist you 24 hours a day.
Or call 10177 and an ambulance can take you to the Emergency unit of your closest hospital
🙏🏽🙏🏽
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Rwanda has vaccinated 140 000 people in 2 days.
South Africa took 21 days to reach that number.
At our current rate, we should reach herd immunity when the DA and EFF merge, and the Guptas are in jail.
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No matter how hard you shuffle a pack of cards, it's still the same pack 🃏
#cabinetreshuffle
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112 is now the new emergency number to dial in South Africa, phasing out the old 10177.
Dial 112 for fires, medical, or police.
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Prof Karim reaffirms a critical point I've always held onto about research:
you must be able to communicate what you know into an interesting narrative that the public can understand.
That's how you go from being a mere academic to a valued public intellectual. ✊🏾🇿🇦
#Covid19SA
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The UK may be in mourning for Lizbet, but I can assure you, there is not a single person of colour in a former British colony that is sad right now.
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Let's not forget that the architect of apartheid was a professor at
#StellenboschUniversity
.
If racism is going to show up with vile bravado, Stellenbosch is the obvious venue.
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Collins Khosa was murdered by soldiers for innocently drinking a beer in his own backyard during a lockdown.
Yet, crowds gather in Nkandla for Zuma but SAPS acts powerless to disperse a mob during Level 4 and a third wave?
@SAPoliceService
different rules for different people?
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If there's a
#FamilyMeeting
then it must be between Ramaphosa and the unvaxxed.
Please leave the rest of us out of this.
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How does SA have the "biggest" economy in Africa AND the highest unemployment rate in the world?
Make it make sense.
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Don't worry about Stellenbosch guys. After Nathi Mthethwa erects his R22 million flag, he says there will be unity in S.A.
We must support the honourable minister in his quest to unite our divided land.
Aloota Continua 💸💸💸✊🏿
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Durban could've been South Africa's Miami.
I visited Miami & it's a spruced up version of Durban: Art-deco buildings, clean beaches, clubs, bars, culture.
The eThekwini Municipality lacks the imagination & competence to transform Durban into a
#1
tourist hotspot. Sad, right?
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Ramaphosa announced a Covid19 social relief grant on April 21. Only 10 people paid in a 'test run' - 32 days later, despite 4.5million applicants.
This pandemic exposes the anti-poor, slothful bureaucracy of SASSA
Lindiwe Zulu & Busisiwe Memela-Khambula must resign in disgrace
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Ramaphosa and Mkhize are on autopilot.
Hardly anyone is vaccinated in South Africa but we are allowing flights from India to SA? We may now have imported a new Covid variant into SA. Hopefully not.
No quarantine upon arrival?
No leadership?
No urgency?
😒
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There's a Themba in most homes. Violence is our most used language.
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Be kind to people. As the Covid death toll rises, South Africa is in a complex state of collective grief, with none of the usual support structures available. Our people are hurting, and healing isn't easy when human touch is not available.
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I wrote a paper, under review, cautioning (South) Africans about uncritically adopting the
#BlackLivesMatter
slogan. The murder of
#LindaniMyeni
by US police, and the silence by its national media, is an example of BLM being unhelpful when those black lives are African.
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We need vaccine hesitancy counselling.
Is there such a service?
Some people are genuinely *hesitant* (not anti-vax or stupid) and have legitimate fears, concerns, questions, misinformation, etc. that can be clarified via a conversation with an informed, empathic counsellor.
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The fact that "Dr Matthew Lani" went on a media tour, including a sit-down interview on SABC 3, and a 40-minute interview on Radio 702, shows how easily so-called "legit" mainstream media spreads misinformation, and lacks proper vetting of its guests. It's wild.
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CR: No, not all of Africa Boris, I'm just president of South Africa.
BJ: so who's president of the rest of it?
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Now that curfew is lifted, we need new excuses to leave some social gatherings early 🤔😬
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LGBT+ people continue to suffer unrelenting hate & violence in South Africa.
Talented artist Aubrey Boshoga, aged 48, was murdered and his body dumped outside his house last night. For no other reason except living his life.
#justiceforaubrey
#JusticeForQueerSA
💔🏳️🌈
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Parliament has been burning for many years. It's just today that we can see the flames.
#ParliamentFire
#ParliamentAttack
🔥🇿🇦
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As I walked along the beachfront yesterday, it's hard to believe that this is Durban.
It's like
@eThekwiniM
is trying to actively scare away tourists.
📸 Taken by me, Wednesday, 14 December, 2022 at 18h00.
🧵
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Zuleikha Mayat passed on today.
She gifted us the legendary cookbook "Indian Delights", a cult classic in the South African Indian community.
She leaves behind a life truly well lived.
An activist, stalwart, writer, and trailblazer of a woman.
Rest in peace 🕊
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UKZN students burnt down their own campus security building (how ironic), and the official vehicle used to recruit rural students (how sad). Add to that tons of infrastructure used for teaching.
What exactly is their theory of change?
"Destroy what we need" 🤔
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I don't understand Ministerial appointments AT ALL. I mean, how do you have the competence to oversee Health today and Home Affairs tomorrow?
Why must everyone UNDER a minister have minimum qualifications, but the Minister themselves have zero?
#CabinetAnnouncement
#Cabinet2019
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@ewnreporter
How do people get to work who are essential services? How do people go to the shop to buy groceries? How do people go to the hospital to access healthcare?
W. T. F.
Does Mbalula live in SA? 😕
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Troubling attempts to "humanise"
#NicholasNinow
and subject us to his mother's tears and denial. Any fool can see that this interview is white privilege on media steroids.
Why,
@SABCNewsOnline
? Does sensational newsworthiness and clickbait trump social justice?
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India has administered over 793 million vaccine shots, 25 million of which were given today.
One country.
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Covid-19 has robbed South Africa of a towering HIV researcher and globally renowned scholar.
My sincere condolences to all those who knew Professor Gita Ramjee. 😢
#RIPProfRamjee
#Covid_19SA
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We've reached a new milestone: 1 in 3 adults in South Africa are fully vaccinated 🎉
A post-Covid country is possible if we can convince the remaining two thirds now.
Via
@Bhekisisa_MG
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Kudos to Google for celebrating Prof Fatima Meer in their doodle.
She was a fierce anti-apartheid activist in South Africa & erudite sociologist.
It so happens that a building in the hospital I work in is named after her. One of many tiny honours in an attempt to honour her.
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GirlCode is looking for unemployed women with matric to train as software developers in Joburg👇🏿
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Depression is complex, it isn't one thing.
It's an interaction of factors:
Biological
Psychological
Social
Cultural
Existential
Poltical
Economical
Don't try to simplify it, reduce it, or narrow it down to a meme or phrase. It's a whole spectrum that cannot be explained here.
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A public service reminder that the function of racism is distraction.
#BlackPrivilege
should not be trending. Go back to living your best life, please, there is no time for this.
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Today is a sad day for South Africa.
#ShutdownSA
is a tipping point. A mirror reflecting the society we have become; full of toxic rage & desperation; a society that chooses to stew in self-destruction and actively deepen its own poverty.
Today is a sad day for South Africa.
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Sit down, De Klerk, apartheid was state capture. We don't have amnesia.
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The HIV Support Centre at UKZN, up in flames today.
Because, you know, burning down healthcare services for young people is the smart way to gain equitable access to education and communicate with NSFAS.
Dear student protesters, please, once again, explain your strategy to me?
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Joburg people please spread the word. A friend, Asanda has been missing for two days.
She was last seen around Quails Apartments in Sandton, then Paulshof, but now no sign of her.
#FindAsandaDodi
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@EFFSouthAfrica
Absolutely agree. Our democratically elected state has no obligations to apartheid era presidents.
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New year, new job.
I have been hired as the Chief Clinical Psychologist for eThekwini, as part of
@kznhealth
's new District Specialist Mental Health Teams.
I am happy to continue in the public sector, in a new and challenging role, as we work towards health equity for all!
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Loadshedding is never, ever late.
If only service delivery could be as efficient as service removal.
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There is no Q&A directly after the
#SONA2020
so please help me understand why Ramaphosa cannot just pre-record this and broadcast on SABC, and save millions of rands?
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South Africa’s unemployment rate is now the highest in the world 😨
There are 7.8 million jobless people = 34.4% of our population
44.4% if you include people who've given up looking.
Youth are a ticking time bomb 💣
64.4% aged 15-24 are jobless
42.9% aged 25-34 are jobless
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Today we mark 163 years since the first indentured Indians were shipped to South Africa, to expand colonial capitalism.
The human cargo boarded the SS Truro in Madras & arrived in Durban on November 16, 1860.
As I stand in the Indian ocean, I remember my ancestors sacrifice 🏵
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A human being died today fighting for free education in South Africa. Gunned down by a private security company at a public university.
The
#DUTShooting
is a tragic assault on the right to peaceful protest. Is this the country we want to live in? Something has to change.
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@CNNAfrica
We're not embarrassed; we are experiencing a weird mix of entertainment and horror.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to announce a permanent Health Minister tomorrow.
We cannot having acting ministers touring the DOH during the third wave of a pandemic. It's politically irresponsible.
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If these allegations are true, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize must step aside.
This is damning, breathtaking corruption. And a spectacular disregard for taxpayer's money.
I had to read this article twice before it sunk in.
Via
@PLMyburgh
@dailymaverick
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@SundayWorldZA
For very long, mental health activists have been telling journalists to stop using the phrase "commits suicide". Please. The are many reasons to be sensitive to how you use language here.
Patrick Shai has died by suicide. Deepest condolences to his family.
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The Development Bank of Southern Africa is giving R3.5 billion to SAA.
Why are we running an airline? Who does it benefit?
Try getting R3.5 BILLION to fill critical posts in Health or Education. You will be told that these are tough economic times and we must do more with less.
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Credit to
@Julius_S_Malema
and the
@EFFSouthAfrica
for taking a principled stand against Museveni and the draconian nonsense that he calls laws. Anti-Homosexuality legislation has no place in 2023.
Can every political party in South Africa take Malema's lead & condemn the Bill?
We say no to Uganda’s homophobic laws; they must be rejected as both unAfrican, anti-human and godless!
Sexual activity between two consenting adults is non of any government’s business. Homosexual rights, are human rights! Period!
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@Eusebius
The idea of bringing books, in lieu of flowers, is a fitting tribute to a person who implored everyone to read more, for the love of reading.
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Joburg mayor Thapelo Amad is from a fervently queerphobic party, Al Jama-ah. The ANC and EFF voted for him.
Can
@Myanc
and
@EFFSouthAfrica
explain their new position on LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms?
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Pfizer confirmed HIGH efficacy and no serious safety concerns up to 6 months after second dose.
Vaccine safety was evaluated in 44,000+ people.
In the South African sample, the vaccine was 100% protective against death.
In other words, VACCINATE! 💉
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@WhiteHouse
@realDonaldTrump
And he still calls it the China Virus. Defiantly xenophobic (and narcissistic) until the very end.
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Eusebius's passing hits hard for queer people. For many of us, him being an openly gay public figure, was an affirming fact
He was unapologetically himself, vocal in defending LGBTQ+ rights and, importantly, wrote about his journey for us to reflect on.
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@LeighMathys
A party of chaos. Geez. Nothing good can come of shouting down an airport except chaos.
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Ya, so Lockdown Level 3 is irrational.
I am far more curious about the winning trio in the High Court today:
* 1st applicant: Reyno de Beer
* 2nd applicant: Liberty Fighters Network
* Late applicant turned amicus: Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation.
SO I Googled them...
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I took a walk on Durban’s North beach yesterday and there were hundreds of people there, without masks, socializing like it's a post-Covid world.
Get your surfboards ready for our second wave 🌊
#covid19SA
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Well done to Groote Schuur Hospital, one of the first South African public health facilities to bring on a full-time Clinical Psychologist to specifically to aid frontline healthcare workers & staff.
#MentalHealthMatters
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Everytime an apartheid-era oppressor dies, like Adriaan Vlok, it's a jarring - even haunting - reminder that we as South Africans casually live amongst these people, bump into them at grocery stores, sit next to them at restaurants, despite their deeds.
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@sherwiebp
Incredulous how insular and narrow America can be in the way they view the world.
Just to be clear
@CNN
- America is not our default frame of reference.
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Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o awarded the 31st Catalonia International Prize, "for his distinguished and courageous literary work and his defense of African languages, based on the notion of language as culture and collective memory." via
@catalannews
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The suicide of Markus Jooste.
The heart attack of Gavin Watson.
The assassination of Brett Kebble.
South African white collar criminals, once named and shamed along with their politician friends, never quite make it into jail.
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@African_Spring
No lies detected.
Cape Town is the only city in South Africa where I actively choose to stay in the CBD when I visit. I honestly cannot think of another city in SA where the actual CBD is a place that attracts tourists.
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#FWDeKlerk
has committed historical arson.
#DeKlerkMustFall
for shamelessly trying to erase an archive of black pain.
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The
#COVIDSecondWave
warrants another Level 5 lockdown. The timing is awful but the coronavirus isn't on holiday. As humans we are proving to be incapable of self-regulation.
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Today is 2 years since South Africa got its first Covid case; and exactly 1 year since I got vaccinated via the Sisonke study. Such hope and excitement on that Friday morning.
I never imagined that one year later, in 2022, SA would have surplus vaccines, waiting to expire 😕
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A whopping R45million lost EVERY SINGLY DAY that Umhlanga’s beaches remain shut.
It's like Durban doesn't like money.
via
@TimesLIVE
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So, while I completely agree with Judge Davis that NDZ's regulations are "sheer irrationality" and "paternalistic" - we must be skeptical about who fights these battles on 'our' behalf as society.
Not all applicants have your specific interests or values at heart
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@spectatorindex
The two richest counties in Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest unemployment rates IN THE WORLD.
How does this make sense? 🤔
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#ToGetAJobInSA
you must know that Z83 form inside out, be prepared for endless rejection, and live next door to a post office, commissioner of oaths, and internet Café. Then maybe in 2 years you'll get an interview.
#unemployment
is real.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa must address queer hate crimes tonight. Covid is not the only thing killing us.
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After the temporary relief and euphoria of
#RebuildSA
, we must address the root causes urgently.
We'll need more than brooms and binbags for that.
The project of *building* South Africa is still in its infancy.
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Rest in power, Dr. Frene Ginwala ✊🏾
You embodied, with grace, the hope & promise of our "post-apartheid" future. A brave new world that you fought for.
Our sari-clad, feminist, activist, founding speaker of South Africa’s first democratic Parliament 🇿🇦
A different time.
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As a student journalist in my undergrad years I once wrote about Malusi Gigaba in unflattering terms, when he was still in the shadows. The warning signs flashed early on.
Norma is forcing us to see what was always there.
But it is an exposé of a system, not of a single man.
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@GaytonMcK
This should become normal. 'We made a mistake. Sorry. Let's try again'. Good luck!
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KZN Christian Council votes to go ahead with Easter services 😕
They represent 250 Churches!
A pastor said a government cash donation could offset revenue they would lose from cancelling Easter services 🤔
#CoronaVirusSA
#CoronaVirusUpdate
#FightCOVID19
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@RediTlhabi
Dudu is what happens when audacious entitlement meets ruthless immorality. A toxic collision 💥
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We are so blasé about our deputy president spending weeks in Russia for medical treatment with NO explanation whatsoever why he cannot get his treatment in his own country.
While we suffer a pandemic and an insurrection, he's enjoying vodka and pavlova.
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KZN private hospitals pledge to offer beds & wards free of charge:
Royal Hospital, Midlands Medical, Mediclinic, Akeso, Daymed, Netcare, Nurture, Umhlanga, Cheshire Sub-acute, Hibiscus, and Busamed.
#CoronavirusInSouthAfrica
#ThumaMina
#Covid19SA
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I've spent over a decade working at the frontlines of health care, and honestly, all I feel is pure rage at
#COVID
ー19.
Why?
Because I am in disbelief that our Government actually had the political will, gumption and donors, all along, to fix systems so fast.
Tragic.
#Covid_19SA
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