AT LAST. The Phelophepa train at Dube Station in Soweto yesterday. It will be involved in part of the roll out of Covid-19 vaccines to the Soweto community. Picture: Michel Bega
After a brief scare the Phelophepa mobile clinic would be derailed from vaccinating the elderly in Dube, Soweto, the train managed to make it past all the cable thieves by hooking the essential services carriages to a diesel electric locomotive. “The line to Dube was inspected on Thursday and all was in order,” Gopaulsingh said. “It is difficult to predict when cables will be stolen and it can occur within a short period of time at any time.”Dube resident EvelynKhubone, 69 was disappointed to find the clinic closed yesterday as she was hoping to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Khubone said the cable theft started last year when the country went into lockdown.
Another resident, Bennet Mologadi, 62, has pinned her hopes on the clinic’s arrival as she has been struggling to fill her chronic medication prescription at local facilities.