Johannesburg - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says nurses are the face of healthcare in South Africa and called upon them to emulate Florence Nightingale and Cecilia Makiwane, who was the country’s first registered black nurse in 1908.
He said Nightingale tended to sick and fallen soldiers during the Crimean War, while the Alice-born Makiwane gave up her job in the teaching profession to answer her nursing calling. “Today, Makiwane’s memory reminds us of our strong legacy of black excellence in the profession which we must continue to advance in everything that we do,” said Mkhize.He also paid homage to 20 nurses who went to help in Tanzania in 1961, when British rule ended in the East African country.
He said the government was committed to equipping health workers with the necessary protective equipment.
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