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Amadiba Clinic In Mbizana ‘In Despair’ Serves More Than 22000 Population In 1985 Tiny Built Structures

Community offers 2ha of free land adding to the existing clinic site, but the Health Dept is reluctant to meet the custodians of the land as requested by the CPA for handover.

E.B Bongoza

June 9, 2026

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The Amadiba Clinic in Mbizana, built in 1985 after the Matanzima regime forcibly removed the Amadiba community for the Wild Coast Sun casino, is buckling under the weight of more than 22,000 population in a vast land, with only five professional nurses and one assistant nurse. Ironically, it’s 41 years now eversince the Wild Coast…

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