A heartbreaking journey

Sitting on the warm bed wondering about our loved ones who are lying on a hospital bed which is uncomfortable and sometimes unbearable to be on as it is uncomfortable. 

Walking through the hospital doors, not knowing what to expect . Having to walk through the ward door then you see machines on either side of the bed of your family member.

Trying to digest what you just saw,  you ask  the nurse what the situation could be and you try to figure out what to do. With fears creeping in you, you just hope that your family member will be able to talk, to squeeze your hand, smile at you and tell you they'll come back home with you when you leave visiting hours or tomorrow or the next day or whichever day the doctors let them go.

But all of a sudden you get so sick, you not aware who comes to visit you, you are in a coma, waiting for God to take you, but his neither punishing your family or you for doing wrong while your journey on earth was happening. 

You hope for family to unite and re unite but their pride is not being swallowed for the sake of your happiness, the next even apologises though it doesn't help.

So remember life is too short to hold a grudge, forgive a person for wrong doing and we not saying forget but remember you are not taking any materialistic wealth with you when you say your last breath and your body either gets cremated or buried. Only your soul has left your body!

Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu hands over PPEs to ECDs

The Deputy Minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, ended her campaign of handing over Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPEs) at Ebenezer Child Development Program at Braamfischerville and another five beneficiaries in Soweto on 30 April.

The campaign was in partnership with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and eSimphiwe Childcare Centre. The aim of the campaign is mainly to assist ECDs in disadvantaged communities to comply with COVID 19 regulations.

Bogopane-Zulu said: “This initiative is aimed at creating sustainable livelihood and assisting ECD Centres in disadvantaged communities to comply with COVID-19 regulations which will enable the centres to open doors for children with no worries of not having enough PPEs which might hinder them from adhering to the adjusted level 1 rules and regulations.”

While she was handing over the PPE’s she advised that the ECD’s do not use sanitisers that contain alcohol inside on the children. This is because many caregivers are unaware of the percentage of alcohol the hand sanitisers contain as it is not good for children as they might consume them and also explained that the sanitisers should not be kept in the kitchen as they are flammable. 

The Deputy Minister travelled across the country from March 9 with the stakeholders.  This was done in order to help ECDs meet the norms and standards issued by the Department of Early Childhood Development for ECD’s to reopen under the current National State Disaster Act.

A total of 127 centres and over 5000 children who attend ECDs including 680 practitioners across the country have benefitted from this initiative.

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African female arrested

Police arrested a 29-year-old African female on 28 April for concealment of birth in Dobsonville, Ext 3.

While police were busy with their investigation they discovered a female chasing the Pikit Up with a dustbin bag on her hand. While she tried to throw the packet in the truck the foetus of new baby fell out on the side of the truck.

“The suspects is taken to the hospital for mental check-up and she is in the custody of the police,” said Dobsonville SAPS spokesperson Constable Vusi Thokwan

Dobsonville Station Commander Brigadier Ngubane commended swift response by the police that led to the apprehension of a suspect.

7 suspects arrested

Seven heavily armed African males are alleged to have made a hole in order to enter the local spaza shop in order to rob the owner in Bramfischerville on 30 April. 

The suspects pointed firearms and threaten the shop owner demanding him for money. Suspects further searched him before escaping with an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes. 

The man alerted his neighbour a member of the police who immediately alerted his colleagues who responded to the scene swiftly.

“When the suspects noticed the member they started exchanging shots with him. In the process one suspect was shot and was taken to the hospital under police guard,” said Constable Vusi Thokwan, spokesperson for Dobsonville SAPS. 

Thokwan explained that during the arrest, the police confiscated two firearms and an empty cartridge, which will be taken to ballistics assessment to establish if the firearms were not previously used in other serious crimes. 

Dobsonville SAPS, station commander Brigadier Ngubane commended police for quick response and well executed arrest with no fear. 

The seven suspects appeared at the Protea Magistrates Court and remain in custody.