A man and his two children luckily escaped a serious injury after their vehicle veered off the road and landed in a ditch at Jouberton location, in Klerksdorp on Friday morning.
ER24 spokesperson, Chitra Bodasing said the man lost control of the vehicle while driving in Ext 7 in Jouberton, Klerksdorp.
Upon arrival at the scene, ER24 paramedics found the man, believed to be in his 30’s, and the two children, believed to be 12 and 7, out of the vehicle.
“Upon assessment, it was found that the man was not injured and children sustained minor injuries. The children were taken to hospital for further assessments,” Bodasing said.
The exact cause of the incident is unknown and authorities were on scene for further investigations.
A TOTAL of 224 Atamelang residents received title deeds from the provincial government.
Premier Supra Mahumapelo and local development and human settlements MEC Fenny Gaolaolwe handed over the title deeds to ecstatic residents on Tuesday.
Mahumapelo said they would continue to improve the lives of the people, especially those in rural areas. He said the government reached an agreement to hand over houses, even those built during the Bophuthatswana era, to those who occupied them but had no title deeds.
Mahumapelo said: “We want to improve the lives of people, especially from the far-flung areas. The initiative is part of the villages, townships and small towns project. Our people were living in abject poverty and paying rent on those houses.
“They have spent more than 38 years staying in those houses without title deeds. Now we want to make their dreams possible. However, there is a concern because some of the houses were roofed with asbestos. We will look into that matter and come up with a strategic plan in changing the roofing.”
Gaolaolwe said her department would continue to deliver title deeds across the province.
She said: “We need to make sure that our people have roofs over their heads. We took a decision as an ANC led government that we will hand over their title deeds without charging them.
“It would be inappropriate to sell those houses to them because they have been renting them for so long. We also urge those who benefited to take care of the houses. They must not be deceived by anyone because we know people masquerade as lawyers and eventually steal from the poor.”
Gaolaolwe said more would be done across the province and a community hall in Atamelang would soon be revamped as well.
Beneficiary Ramogotsi Andries Tlhale said: “I cannot express how I feel. I have been occupying this house for so long and never knew what would happen.
“Now I will sleep peacefully knowing that the house belongs to me. ”
Another resident, Johannah Sikhosana, said the government was trying its best to improve the lives of the masses.
At last: Mampe-Joe Morolong’s wife, Grace, shakes hands with Dr Magome Masike at the official opening of Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital in Vryburg, a state-of-the-art facility for the local community. Picture: Mpho Bilwane
The Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital, built at a cost of R553m to cater for the community of Vryburg, has been officially opened, four years after admitting its first patients.
Health MEC Magome Masike officially opened the hospital and unveiled a memorial stone in honour of the late freedom fighter, struggle icon and the man whose name, Kesimolotse Taolo Joseph Morolong, was given to the hospital.
The struggle veteran was involved in anti-apartheid and defiance campaigns of 1952 along with Ruth First, an anti-apartheid activist and scholar, killed by a parcel bomb in Mozambique in 1982.
The construction of the hospital was completed in 2009. It admitted its first patients in 2011.
The delay in the official opening was caused by a long-standing dispute regarding the construction of a stretch of road leading to the hospital.
Masike said that his department wanted to make sure that all roads leading to the hospital were tarred and of good condition, but that the squabbles and disagreements caused the delay.
“I wanted to make sure that our ambulances were not damaged by the poor road infrastructure we had before. Now we are happy because we have the best hospital for the people of Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District. We also have good road infrastrcure leading to this hospital. This allows us to render quality health services for our people which they deserve,” he said.
The new hospital replaces the old Vryburg Hospital built just before the onset of apartheid in 1948.
The new hospital has 120 beds and a range of services that include in-patient and out-patient and accident and emergency units. It has a digital radiography and other related top-class facilities.
It also has a rehabilitation unit, theatre and six-bed high-care unit, on-site laboratory and blood blank and a forensic mortuary.
“I’m pleased today because we are giving you a facility which defines us as people who matter. These are the kind of services that freedom fighters like the late Joe Morolong fought for. During the apartheid era, only whites were good enough to utilise facilities like these. Blacks did not benefit from services like these,” Masike said.
The new hospital has a residential area with eight three-bedroom houses, 10 two-bed room houses, 46 bachelor flats, a club house and sporting facilities including a tennis court.
“We are making sure that our facilities have quality residential areas to attract health professionals and retain those that we have. Having them stay within our facilities also make it easy for them to attend to their daily responsibilities and ensure that we achieve our mandate of providing quality health care for our people,” Masike said.
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