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Nkuri village gets a new library

Norah Ngoveni of Nkuri village in Giyani, Limpopo, dreamt of having a community library.

She wrote to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to request a library to meet her community’s need for easier access to information and resources. In response the Department of Arts and Culture handed over a modular library (in a prefabricated building) to the village of Nkuri at the start of June.

Technology pinpoints beds

The Gauteng Department of Health has introduced an Electronic Bed Management System (eBMS) to reduce waiting time for beds.

MEC for Health Qedani Mahlangu said the eBMS was one of the department’s initiatives to improve healthcare provision through technology.

Using the eBMS some hospitals – such as those in the Steve Biko Academic Cluster – have reduced patient waiting times by at least two hours.

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