{"id":841,"date":"2025-02-25T12:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/2025\/02\/25\/astonishing-evolution-for-namakwa-district\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:18:25","slug":"astonishing-evolution-for-namakwa-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/2025\/02\/25\/astonishing-evolution-for-namakwa-district\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTONISHING EVOLUTION FOR NAMAKWA DISTRICT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-840\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/namaquaIMAGE.jpeg\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; width: 400px; height: 533px;\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/namaquaIMAGE.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/namaquaIMAGE-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/namaquaIMAGE-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) is making significant progress in constructing a new Oncology Centre at Dr. Izak Niekerk Hospital in Springbok. This state-of-the-art facility will provide essential palliative care and chemotherapy services for cancer patients&nbsp; in the Namakwa District.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, VZI partnered with the Northern Cape Department of Health at the Mining indaba to ensure the establishment of this much needed Oncology treatment facility. Recently a follow-up meeting was held to align the execution of the project.<\/p>\n<p>This high-level engagement was led by MEC for Health Mr. Maruping Lekwene, alongside senior management from Provincial office, District Health Department&nbsp; and VZI. The Oncology centre is expected to be&nbsp; complete by December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vedanta Zinc International (VZI) is making significant progress in constructing a new Oncology Centre at Dr. Izak Niekerk Hospital in Springbok. This state-of-the-art facility will provide essential palliative care and chemotherapy services for cancer patients&nbsp; in the Namakwa District. In 2022, VZI partnered with the Northern Cape Department of Health at the Mining indaba to<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/2025\/02\/25\/astonishing-evolution-for-namakwa-district\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/otp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}