Province of Mpumalanga starts annual Cultural Festival

The Mpumalanga government has started its festive season with a festival in the streets of Mbombela. The festival aims to unite the diverse province of Mpumalanga. The province has a wide diversity of people and the festival means a lot to the people attend it. Norah Mahlangu, the MEC for culture, sports and recreation said "As you know that we are the custodians of social cohesion and nation building this festival aims to unite the people of Mpumalanga as the province is very diverse”(SABC News). The festival brings people together with the fun activities that take place. For example, some of the activities include a music extravaganza or a comedy show. These are just a couple of the events that take place during the festival.

Here is the festival taking place in the streets of Mbombela

Overall, the festival is a great way to unite the people of Mpumalanga and to also uplift the spirits of the people in the community. The Government of Mpumalanga plans on making the festival an annual event.

Here is a news clip talking about the new festival.

I think that the cultural festival is a great way to bring a community together and show people who they are and where they come from. It is a great idea to bring different ethnicities together and learn about one another. Perhaps places all over the world should think of some type of way to bring their communities together.

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People of Grabouw march for better Health Services

A group of people who live in Grabouw, South Africa have marched for better Health Services in their community. The group of people who participated in the march are known as the South African Communist Party or the SACP. The group was marching to the Grabouw Health Clinic to demand better Health Services due to the lack of staff and privacy at the clinic. Barry Mitchell, the Spokesperson of the SACP reported that the clinic that the community goes to only has one doctor working a day when their are thousands of patients to attend (SABC News). Mitchell said “The deplorable conditions or worsening conditions in Grabouw made us embark on this march. As it stands, there is only one doctor that only works on a half day shift. There’s also a massive lack of trained nursing staff and practitioners at the health care centre. There is also a lack of privacy for the patients that attend this health care clinic.”  Although some places in South Africa do have an adequate amount of doctors on hand every day, there are also places like Grabouw that do not. Every community should have an efficient amount of doctors in order to treat the ill. I think the March that the SACP did was very beneficial toward the community and its people. The March to the Health Clinic brought a community together to fight for what is right.

Group members of the SACP who marched for better Health Services in Grabouw


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