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Medics in remote communities

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 26:28

Two doctors from South Africa and Australia tell Ella Al-Shamahi about rewards of working in rural communities and the challenges of being hundreds of miles from the nearest large hospital.Dr Melanie Matthews runs a medical centre in Maningrida, about 500km east of Darwin. She's a GP with the Mala'la Indigenous health service in the Arnhem Land, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO). GPs working in these services are ranked as Australia's most satisfied GPs, but it can be a challenge, with complex health needs in the community she serves. Dr Lungile Hobe-Nxumalo is South African and after training returned to the place she grew up - a rural reserve in the remote northern part of KwaZulu-Natal near the Mozambican border. She's medical director of Mseleni Hospital. Part of her medical studies were funded with the support of Umthombo Youth Development Foundation which addresses the shortages of healthcare staff in rural hospitals. She's also past-chair of the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa.Produced by Jane Thurlow

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Look to the Lord

Thought For Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 2:25

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is the 29th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. I am sitting, looking into the most beautiful picture, the mighty Drakensberg Mountains, which run on the western side of our beloved South Africa and Kwazulu-Natal. There is only one Scripture that comes to mind that I want to share with you today, and it is found in Psalm 121:1-2:“I to the hills will lift my eyes —From whence comes my help?My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth.”Now, I quoted that Scripture on purpose because if we don't think very carefully about it, it looks like we are saying our strength and our health come from the mountains, but they don't come from the mountains. They come from the One who made the mountains, namely our beloved God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. You see, the Scripture goes like this:I to the hills will lift mine eyes?Where does my help come from?My help cometh from the LordWho made heaven and earthI want to ask you a question this morning, because I have time to meditate, looking at these beautiful blue mountains, partially covered in cloud. Where are you putting your strength? Where are you putting your hope? Is it in the government? Is it in the weather? Is it in the economic situation? Is it in your own physical wellbeing? If it is, you are going to be sorely disappointed in the future. Our hope comes from God alone. The Bible says, “If God is for us, no man will stand against us.” Romans 8:31. Today, looking at these majestic mountains that were formed with one word - that's what He said - I know again that my strength and my help comes from the One who created those beautiful mountains. Today, remember, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus Christ and not even on the mountains!God bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

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Vakbond verwelkom ingryping met Ithala Bank

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2025 0:21

Cosatu het die minister van finansies, Enoch Godongwana, geprys vir sy ingryping om die likwidasie van Ithala Bank te stop. Die bank van KwaZulu-Natal sou vroeër sluit nadat dit insolvent verklaar is. Werksgeleenthede was in gevaar en meer as 257 000 kliënte was in die gedrang. Cosatu-woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê hulle was teen die sluiting oor die uitwerking op werkers en die gemeenskap. Sabela het 'n beroep gedoen vir 'n volhoubare omkeerstrategie om die bank se lewensvatbaarheid en voldoening aan regulasies te verseker:

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