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Bhaziya Traditional Council

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Nkosi Minenkulu Joyi shows off a R1.2m drone and two scooters that will deliver chronic medication to hundreds of patients in 49 villages outside Mthatha. His Bhaziya Great Place has become the first traditional residence in South Africa to be registered as a chronic medicine collection point. Looking on at the launch are, from left, Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa, small business development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Cogta deputy minister Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe, National House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders chair Kgosi Thabo Seathlolo and King Sabata Dalindyebo mayor Nkosi Mkhanyiseli Dudumayo.
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Quad bikes, watched by drone, deliver medication to EC villagers

In rural Bhaziya near Mthatha, an innovative healthcare project is using quad bikes and overhead drone surveillance to deliver chronic medication directly to patients' homes, sparing vulnerable villagers exhausting 40km treks to the clinic.

  • Lulamile Feni