July 2020
February 15, 2024
TAC members in Eastern Cape protest against the provincial Department of Health’s failure to manage the pandemic. At this point, the coronavirus has wreaked havoc in Nelson Mandela Bay clinics and local obstetric wards, some of which closed after nurses either contracted COVID-19 or went into isolation while waiting for their test results. Importantly, TAC engages in a #FireMECGomba campaign. While MEC Gomba gets fired within a fortnight of the start of the campaign, the reasoning is not attributed to the issues TAC highlights.