By OBAKENG MAJE

Some of the patients at Taung District Hospital are aggrieved after nurses and doctors allegedly forced them to wear face masks. One of the patients, who refused to be named for fear of reprisal said, he visited the hospital a week ago and was forced to wear a face mask before he could be assisted.

“I was surprised when one of the nurses instructed me to wear a face mask. At that time, I had no mask with me and thought she was joking. I just laughed and brushed it off. However, things got serious when it was my turn to be assisted.

“She refused to assist me and said she do not want to be infected with COVID-19. I tried to explain to her that, actually the government has scrapped the wearing of masks and it is not mandatory. However, she did not buy any of it and asked me whether I trust the minister,” he said.

Other patients at the hospital shared the same sentiments. They alleged that the hospital management also instructed its employees to wear face masks. In June 2022, the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla repealed several COVID-19 regulations relating to the wearing of face masks, gatherings, and persons entering the country.

The regulations were promulgated by the Minister on 4 May 2022 in the Regulations Relating to the Surveillance and the Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions. In April 2022, the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa said during his address that regulations would be eased gradually.

Phaahla said: “The gazetting of the regulations means that the wearing of face masks in any public-use indoor space or when on public transport to contain the spread of COVID-19 fell away, as was required.

“On gatherings, people congregating in public spaces will no longer be limited to certain numbers. The regulations stipulated that a maximum of 50% of the venue capacity may be occupied, provided that every attendee must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and produce a valid vaccination certificate.”

He further said alternatively, individuals could produce a valid certificate of a negative COVID-19 test obtained not more than 72 hours before the date of the gathering. Phaahla added that, where the sub-regulation (3) was not complied with, then attendance at the indoor gathering had to be limited to 1000 people or 50% of the capacity, whichever is smaller.

“Regarding limitations on people entering the country, the regulations required that any person entering the country be vaccinated against COVID-19 and produce a valid vaccination certificate.

“Alternatively, this group of people needed to produce a valid certificate of a negative PCR COVID-19 test not older than 72 hours before the date of departure,” he said.

Meanwhile, the North West Health Department spokesperson, Tebogo Lekgethwane said he was still in a meeting and would respond to our media inquiry accordingly. Lekgethwane said they have received several inquiries regarding this matter.  

“I still have to gather facts first and I will revert back to you accordingly. This is a national issue and I still need to determine where the confusion might have been,” he said.

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Ka KEDIBONE MOLAETSI

Bontsi jwa baithuti ba tsweletse go ka itemogela tlhokego ya ditlhako tsa sekolo segolo thata jang ba ba tswang kwa malapeng a sa itsholelang. Mme seno, se dira gore bontsi jwa bone ba tlogele sekolo, fa bangwe ba ralala serame ka la ga Moshe.

Fela seno, se ne sa rotlwetsa basha ba kwa motseng wa Magogong gaufi le Taung go ka itira ngatana e le nngwe le go tla ka togo-maano ya go ka thusa. Morulaganyi wa setlhopha seno sa basha, Tebogo Morweng are fifing go tshwaranwa ka dikobo mme ke ka moo ba bone go le botlhokwa go ka tlhama porojeke eno.

“Thito-kgang ya porojeke eno, ke go ka netefatsa gore re neelana ka ditlhako tsa sekolo go barutwana ba ba dikobo magetleng. Re tlhamile setlhopa sa basha mo motseng wa rona wa  Magogong morago ga go lemoga gore go na le baithuti ba ba tlhokang.  

“Jaanong re neelane ka ditlhako di feta 100 go baithuti ba dikolo ka go farologana. Dikolo-potlana di tshwana le Sedibathuto, Olebile, Kopanang gammogo le Galeshewe di ungwetswe mo porejekeng eno. Re le basha ba ka nna thataro ka palo, re ile ra netefatsa fa seno se diragala,” Morweng wa tlhalosa.

Morweng o kaile fa seno e se kitla e nna selo se se fetang, gonne ba tlhaloganya gore botlhoki bo iphile maatla gape ngwana ele sejo a tlhakanenlwa. O kaile gape fa ba dumalane ka bongwe jwa pelo fela gore ba tlile go neelana ka ditlhako go baithuti ba ba farologaneng ngwaga le ngwaga.

“Tota maitlhomo le maikaelelo a porojeke e, ke go bona seno se diragala go ralala Taung ka bophara. O ka lemoga gore bontsi jwa malapa mo Taung a tshelela mo khumanegong, mme ba ikaegile thata ka madi a kotlo.

“Go na le tlhokego e kgolo mo go thuseng baithuti, mme ga jaana re leka ka thata go ka tswala mokhino ono. Ke rata go rotlwetsa basha ba le bantsi go ka tsamaya mo dikgatong tsa mogaka, eleng mo presidente wa maloba o hulereng, Dr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Re a itse gore rre Mandela e ne ele motho o o neng a rata go ka abela batho, mme segolo thata jang bana,” Morweng wa tlhalosa.

O ikuetse gape go basha gore ba dirise ditshono tse ba di bonang mo botshelo jwa bone sentle, mme ba tlise tharabololo mo mathateng a fara-fereng seshaba ka kakaretso. Morweng are basha ba lebagane le namane e tona ya tiro go ka lwantsha botlhoka-tiro, diritibatsi ga mmogo le go ima ka bonako ga bana ba basetsanyana.

“Ke rata go rotlwetsa basha gore ba eme ka dinao le go bontsha kemo-nokeng, mme ba tlogele go tlhola ba goga-gogana. Jaaka re le basha ba Taung, a re tlise diphetogo mo matshelong a rona. Bagaka ba ba fetileng jaaka Tsietsi Mashinini, Onkgopotse Tiro ga mmogo le Hector Peterson ba lwetse kgololosego, mme go ne go se bonolo.

“Jaanong, jaaka re keteka kgwedi ya mogaka, a re tlise ditlhabologo tse di maleba go matshelo a basha ba ba farologaneng,” Morweng wa tlhalosa.

Kgabagare, bagokgo mo dikolong tse di ungwetsweng ba amogetse ka boitumelo kabelo ya ditlhako, mme ba rotlweditse basha ba bangwe go ka tsenya letsogo.

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Ka REGINALD KANYANE

Kgetsi ya polao kgatlhanong le lekgarebe la kwa motseng wa Dryharts gaufi le Taung, e buseditswe morago ke kgotlha-tshekelo ya Taung. Seno se tla morago ga gore Rebaone Badise (28) a tshwarwe le go latofadiwa ka polao ya lesea la gagwe la ngwaga.

Tiragalo e, e diragetse ka kgwedi ya Mopitlwe 2022.

Go ya ka sebueledi sa sepodisi mo porofenseng ya Bokone Bophirima, Col Adele Myburgh, setopo sa mosetsanyana se se neng sena le dintho tsa go tlhabiwa mo thamung, sene sa bonwa kwa nageng kwa motseng wa Matlapaneng.

Myburgh o kaile fa Badise yo eleng mmagwe moswi, o ne a bonwa ke rremogolo wa gagwe a tswa ko ntlung a tshotse lesea, mme ene ya re mo go boweng ga gagwe, ene ya nna: “o ne o mpeile kae lesea.”

Myburgh are seno sene sa makatsa bagolo, mme ba ne ba botsa Badise gore o tlogetse kae lesea.

“Go begwa fa Badise a ne shadikanya matlho, mme a mela muta mo ganong ka ntlheng ya go tlhoka dikarabo. Go ya ka tsedimosetso, sepodisi se ne sa letsetswa, sepodisi sene sa bolotsa letsholo-patlo ya lesea. Go begwa fa setopo sa gagwe sene sa bonwa kwa nageng sena le dintho tsa go ka tlhabiwa.

“Lesea leno, lene la kaiwa fa le tlhokofetse ke ba ditirelo tsa pholo ya ka bonako kwa lefelong la tiragalo. Seno, sene sab aka gore mmagwe ngwana a lelelwe ke ditshipi. Mokomishinara wa sepodisi mono Bokone Bophirima, Lit General, Sello Kwena o ile a akgola batsadi ba molatofadiwa ka go ka itsise sepodisi ka tiragalo eno,” Myburgh wa tlhalosa.

Myburgh gape o kaile fa Kwena, a tsweletse go ikuela go baagi go ka nna le tirisano mmogo ga mmogo le sepodisi, mme ba neelane ka tshedimosetso ya bogodu bongwe le bongwe jo bo diragalang.  

Kgabagare, kgetsi e buseditswe morago go fitlha fa kgwedi ya Phatwe e tlhola matsatsi a le 4 fa dipatlisisdo di tswelela.

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