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Questions over new Limpopo health MEC Dieketseng Mashego, but stakeholders willing to give her a chance

Posted in: #Vote4Health, Focus, Healthcare system, InFocus, Latest, Limpopo, Provinces, Spotlight

The deployment of the relatively unknown Dieketseng Mashego as Limpopo’s new MEC for health has raised eyebrows. Ufrieda Ho rounds up some responses to her appointment.

Questions over new Limpopo health MEC Dieketseng Mashego, but stakeholders willing to give her a chance

Of South Africa’s nine health MECs, five are new

Posted in: #Vote4Health, Eastern Cape, Focus, Free State, Gauteng, Healthcare system, InFocus, KwaZulu-Natal, Latest, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Provinces, Spotlight, Western Cape

Following South Africa’s 2024 national and provincial elections, the decisions about the top health jobs in the country’s nine provinces have now all been made. Elri Voigt rounds up the appointments.