BY REGINALD KANYANE

THE Democratic Alliance in North West was left with an egg on their face after they accused the North West Health department of neglecting a patient who was left paralysed after the caesarean operation during her child’s birth.

North West Health department MEC Dr Magome Masike visited the patient in Tswelelang Township, near Wolmaransstad of Friday. Masike said that he was shocked at the level of desperation displayed by the Democratic Alliance in the province after the party issued a statement claiming to have visited a woman who was paralysed after delivering her own baby in Wolmaransstad last week.

Masike said the party claimed that was caused because of ill-treatment by the department.

Masike visited the woman on Friday in attempt to assess her. He found the woman walking normally, contrary to DA allegations.

“The patient was found at home with her mother. The department can now confirm that the patient is neither paralysed nor bedridden as she came out of the bedroom walking and carrying her baby. Due to lack of understanding of medical procedures and health expertise, the DA missed the point in this case thus making absurd allegations. DA legislature member, Dr Tutu Faleni failed to understand that the patient underwent a caesarean section where epidural (spinal) anaesthesia was used.” Masike said.

He said that this was done to avoid patient being put to sleep completely. According to Masike, the normal post operations result of this nature is numbness which the DA confused it with paralysis.

Masike said: “As far as the department is concerned, the operation was successful and a healthy baby boy was delivered. The patient was discharged with treatment and referred back to Nic Bodenstein hospital on September 15 in a stable condition without complaints. She was observed until discharged while still in stable condition.

“I am disturbed at how low the DA in the province is willing to go in attempt to discredit the good work we are doing to render health services to the people. This is not the first time that the DA makes false claims about health service delivery in the province. We can only conclude that they are desperate in their electioneering antics.”

The DA’s parliamentary member in the North West, Dr Tutu Faleni said they were concerned after Malitaba Moloisana, 32, was left paralysed after being forced to deliver her baby through caesarean.

“The DA visited the mother of three at her home in Tswelelang Township in Wolmaransstad after learning more of her shocking ordeal. According to Moloisana, she went to Nic Bodenstein hospital on September 11 this year where doctors began a caesarean operation on her. She said that the doctor later stitched her up after unsuccessful birth through caesarean section.

“Still in pain, she was transferred to Klerksdorp hospital which is nearly 80km away where she finally delivered her baby. Her efforts, unassisted by any medical practitioners left her with serious internal damage that has caused paralysis. Moloisana is now unable to care for her children as she used to.” Faleni said.

The department spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane said they urge members of communities not to make conclusions about health conditions of patients when they are not experts in the area.

“After assessing the patient, the MEC assured that the necessary care was provided in ensuring both her safety and that of her baby at the time of delivery despite her critical condition and pregnancy complications at the time.

“Both the mother and the baby are in good condition. MEC also assessed the patient postoperative wound to establish that it is healing,” Lekgethwane said.

-TDN

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BY REGINALD KANYANE

TAUNG young entrepreneurs gathered together at Majeng Guesthouse in Pudimoe village, near Taung to come up with plans of how to grow their businesses.

Cosmic Events and Marketing Events company Managing Director, Faith Edmunds said they organized the event to share ideas and come up with initiatives how to expand their businesses.

“We organized this together with Mafikeng Innovation Hub as we believe that true impact requires collective action. Our aim is to build collaborative innovative communities that continually engaged in sharing resources and transfer knowledge. Cosmic and MIH strength comes from the diversity of our members and the merriment of their unique inspired ideas and innovative ways of working and being united by their missions of sustainable positive impact.” Edmunds said.

Mahikeng Innovative Hub CEO Joe Ndaba said: “Business Mixer idea was to benefit local young people especially in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district. Our targets are the municipality entrepreneurs, cooperatives, SMMEs, non-profit organizations, and unemployed youth. We want to promote local economic sectors such as; domestic tourism, infrastructure development and agriculture as priority within the district. We provide participants with a platform to renew acquaintances with investors, both private and government to achieve and to expand the valuable networking chain.”

The networking sessions was aimed at supporting entrepreneurs and developing a platform for them to drive their businesses with the latest in business practices, management, finance and entrepreneurial practices and to give them a platform to network, offer products, services and sell their ideas to those who will be willing to give a hand.

-TDN

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Last week, a municipal employee found himself at the bottom of an open grave. Mr Frank Diphoko was preparing a grave for a burial at the Potchefstroom Cemetery when he became light headed while still inside the deep hole.

Picture: Potchefstroom Herald

Last week, a municipal employee found himself at the bottom of an open grave.
Mr Frank Diphoko was preparing a grave for a burial at the Potchefstroom Cemetery when he became light headed while still inside the deep hole.
“He became dizzy because of the heat,” says Mr Oupanyana Moabi, who was with Diphoko when he fell and hit his head against the side of the hole. Moabi was the one who helped Diphoko out of the grave.

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Kimberley – A baby miraculously survived after “flying” through a vehicle’s window during a fatal accident in the Northern Cape.

The accident happened at around midday on Friday when a vehicle travelling from De Beers Hoogte towards Barkly West crashed into an electricity pole.

The impact of the collision killed the driver, Boeta Williams, 29, and his passenger, Aldrid Sono, 26. The driver’s side of the vehicle took the full impact of the pole and then became completely “wrapped” around it.

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Kimberly – Six years after the death of Trifecta businessman Sarel Breda, 37, and last week’s conclusion of the multimillion-rand fraud, corruption and money laundering trial that started in 2012, his family members are no closer to understanding the mysterious circumstances surrounding the aircraft accident that claimed his life and are questioning who the real benefactors of his death were.

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Lohatlha – Hundreds of soldiers from numerous African countries were singing and dancing together at the South African Army Combat Training Centre in Lohatlha, Northern Cape on Monday.

They were joined by members of the SA Police Service in the jovial, informal festivities before the official kick-start of the African Union’s AMANI AFRICA II Field Training Exercise (AAII FTX).

The soldiers, from several countries, including Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia sang in different languages whilst their counterparts from Zimbabwe looked on.

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Rustenburg – A man has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by the Rustenburg Regional Court for killing another man following a fight over a boerewors.

Mpho Gift Segwe, 34, of Spruitfontein in Marikana near Rustenburg was convicted for killing Samuel Chawe on December 10, 2014.

He beat Chawe with a knobkerrie on the head and on the face during a fight over a boerewors.

The court heard that Chawe and his friend went to Segwe’s home and asked him food. Segwe grilled the boerewors for them, but when he served them food, Chawe complained that the boerewors was dirty as it had sand on it.

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Potchefstroom – A 20-year-old man is behind bars for allegedly murdering his mother in the early hours of Friday morning at Ramogodi section in Mmakau village, North West police said on Sunday.

“It is alleged that the suspect had an argument with his mother, Suzan Malebye, 55, and strangled her with his hands until she died,” Sergeant Kealeboga Molale said in a statement.

Police arrested the suspect at his home and he would appear in the Ga-rankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of murder.

The investigation into the matter was continuing, Molale said.

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Potchefstroom – Operation Fiela in the Mahikeng and Pudimoe policing clusters in North West on Thursday and Friday resulted in 24 arrests for various offences, police said on Sunday.

“A total of 21 suspects were arrested in the operation conducted in the Mahikeng cluster, while three were apprehended in the Pudimoe cluster,” spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko said in a statement.

Out of the 24 suspects, seven were held for assault with intend to do grievous bodily harm and common assault, three for intimidation, four for drug-related crimes, three for theft and malicious damage to property, two for contravention of a protection order, two for child neglect, two for burglary, and one for possession of suspected stolen property, he said.

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