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Running blind folded

Running blind folded

MOSIBUDI MANGENA A Cuban mathematics and science tutor who was part of a group I was working within the Department of Education, was bemused by the tendency of South Africans to call big meetings to attend to issues that should be dealt with routinely and administratively. Her observations came to mind when we saw ministers with large entourages of police running helter-skelter in Diepsloot trying to solve the problem of crime and illegal immigration.  Frankly, it was embarrassing. It exposed an alarming collapse of systems and processes. That should be a routine and ongoing activity of the police and immigration…
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Entrepreneur’s bold plan to overcome shortage of health services in Diepsloot

Entrepreneur’s bold plan to overcome shortage of health services in Diepsloot

TANYA McCLEAN IT was when her own child fell ill at school that Agnes Pholose had a brainwave that was to become her business - a business which can mean the difference between life or death for a little one. And importantly, it also highlights the need for more efficient health services in townships.  Pholose is the owner of Tshepohope Consulting based in Diepsloot, Johannesburg and offers a transport service, where she arranges to transport preschool and creche-going children to the clinic should they fall ill while at school and the parent/s are unable to take the child themselves.  "My…
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