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The FF Plus foresees difficult times ahead for our country’s health sector after Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, former MEC for Health in KwaZulu-Natal, was elected as chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Health during the Committee’s first meeting.

Dr Dhlomo’s departure from the position of MEC in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this year was welcomed by opposition parties. While in office, he seemed to move from one crisis to the next. His “Make Me Look Like A Hospital” programme failed and he blamed the hospital management when it could not be implemented.

The programme was aimed at giving the public and hospital staff a voice so as to improve hospitals.

Dr Dhlomo is also known as the one responsible for the collapse of KwaZulu-Natal’s health care services. According to reports, hospitals were dirty and did not have the basic linen. On top of that, people died under strange circumstances in these hospitals.

An estimated R9
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With just a few days left until South Africans visit the polls for the 2019 Elections, it seems all the final preparations aren’t just being carried out in Mzansi. The British government (UK Foreign Office) have updated their travel advice for any citizens who are visiting our country over the next week or so.

Travel advise for South Africa ahead of the 2019 Elections
The Foreign Office last updated their travel advice for SA in 2018, when multiple explosive devices were found across Durban. They were believed to be linked to the Verulam Mosque Attack, which forced government officials in the UK to issue a safety warning.

However, things are perhaps a little milder this time around. The website – which carries travel advice for more than 200 other countries – now features a section about the 2019 Elections.

They warn that protests are likely to flare up in both the run-up to the election, and the days immediately aft
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