The minister was in a very bad mood. His voice was raised behind the door that leads from his office to his boardroom. Just that morning, activist NGOs TAC and Section 27 had released their joint report into the state of public health in the Eastern Cape and it was, unsurprisingly, devastating. It showed a system in complete collapse. Inadequate nursing. Crumbling hospitals. Insufficient drugs. No access to basic services. The view of the Pretoria Zoo from his window was peaceful. But when Aaron Motsoaledi finally appeared from behind his office door, the atmosphere was charged. The stinging criticism of his department would be the backdrop to a conversation about the government’s war...
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