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Department of social welfare officials and police removed 197 children from three children’s homes in KwaZulu-Natal.Image: Morester
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE DA

Outcry after children removed from places of safety

The Democratic Alliance has asked KwaZulu-Natal premier Willies Mchunu to intervene urgently to prevent a repeat of the Life Esidimeni tragedy after 197 children were removed from three children’s homes in Ladysmith and Newcastle and…

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EASTERN CAPE

Life Esidimeni closure puts hundreds of patients at risk

Seven hundred mental patients in the Eastern Cape are at risk‚ with the Life Esidimeni facility in Kirkwood facing closure after its contract was only extended to December. The decision not to renew the contract flies in the face of…

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