This week Nkandla was the headline story on the national TV news for all the wrong reasons. The local old age home at Kwamadala had a fire on the male ward and consequently 12 people died as the ward was locked shut! I was on duty and treated patients brought to the 'resus' with smoke inhalation, fortunately none of them seriously. Then today i went as part of a health screening team to the Home to assess the other residents. The place was gutted with fire and it was a very sad sight. The politicians have all been making noises about 'improving things' but ultimately this is another example of how backward parts of South Africa really are!
This has been a truly extraordinary week and one i will never forget.
I also played for my team the 'Blue Stars' on Sunday and the pitch was inside a School for the Deaf. It was definately the worst pitch i have ever played on with very little grass, fortunately i play right midfield so see the most grass out of everyone!! It was amazing to have all these deaf kids surrounding the pitch and then at half time crowding round me and just gawking! As we'd had no water i had a lot of stubble and they kept miming about my face. I am so lucky to have had such an experience - nowhere else on this earth apart from Africa could such a scene have existed..
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