CONTRIBUTORS: TEAM LEADERS & RESEARCHER

A narrative of health in during the 1980s: perspectives from a group of professional nurses who lived and worked in and around Mamelodi during the struggle period Group 1: Sister Barbara Mlambo Sister Lillian Papo Sister Naomi Mabena Sister Magdaline Mangwane Sister Sannah Mokhele Matron Stella Sebati Group 2: Sister Boiketlo Molai Sister Bongekile Dube Sister Ephodia Ngwako Sister Johanna Buthane

INTRODUCTION TO THE MAP: 1. HEALTH CARE FACILITIES USED: Sister Liza Serithi Sister Mokgaetji Mothiba Sister Nomaliso Tau Sister Nomsa Masuku Sister Pumla Chokwe Group 3: Sister Agnes Mfetane Sister Edith Quaking Sister Kolisa Mda Sister Peggy Kambule Researcher: Nina Honiball About this map: Those who did not have money to go The map shows a collection of memories and experiences about to a physician or private doctor went to health and health care during the 1980s struggle period in Mamelodi the clinic and got proper treatment. (then , ). It has been created by Nina Honiball, 18 professional nurses and other local residents. The participants The TB clinic service was very good under Mamelodi West Mamelodi East 4. LANDMARKS: manage ward health teams in the City of Tshwane/ city council. TB patients got food parcels community oriented primary care initiative. The map forms part of the which were milk and malt free. People with Hospitals: researcher’s doctoral study of maps and map making in community money went to a family physician. oriented primary care (COPC). 1. Denneboom Kraam Inrigting/Nursing Pregnant women delivered their babies at Home COPC is an internationally recognised approach to delivering primary Denneboom Nursing Home but there were health care that focuses on integrating primary health care to and from 2. Mamelodi West Clinic - Sister Selepe, Sister no doctors - some procedures were not done the home to clinics, practices and hospitals. The City of Tshwane Matapho and Dr Magga worked here well because of the lack of Doctors started implementing COPC in Mamelodi in 2014. 3. Mamelodi Day Hospital - hospital was and inexperienced midwives. open during the daytime 44. Salvation Army 37. Moretele Park 4. TB Clinic in Mamelodi East About the mapmaking process and its relevance to COPC: Kalafong Hospital received transfers from 5. Surgery of Dr Ribeiro Mamelodi Hospital and Mamelodi West To create the map, participants conducted one to two interviews with 18 4. TB Clinic Clinic and private Drs. The service was good. 11 52 14 residents from Mamelodi who either were receivers or givers of health 53 27 43. Putco Depot 10 38. Police station Schools: care in Mamelodi during the 1980s. Between October and November 12 20 28 Mamelodi East 2015 the researcher held mapping workshops and focus group H. F. Verwoerd Hospital black section service was good - important cases were 16 sessions with participants. They were divided into three groups 25 6. Boikantsho Primary School according to the municipal wards where they work. In these sessions taken to the white section for study purposes. 46 55 45. S&S 7. Bothabatsatsi Primary they shared the information and insights they had gathered Beer Hall 8. Dr Ribeiro Primary in the interviews. They also wrote about their own experiences and 42. Pitje Stadium 9. Egnes Tshidi Primary memories of health and health care in Mamelodi during the struggle 23 2. HEALTH ISSUES EXPERIENCED: 10. Gamelodi Primary period. They then worked with the researcher to group the collection 15 22 13. Mamelodi High 11. Jafta Mahlangu High School of memories and experiences into categories. Using a map obtained 54 48 36. Mamelodi West 19 12. J Kekana from the archives of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics Children: Community Hall 30 5. Surgery 13. Mamelodi High - home of political activists & Meteorology (University of Pretoria) they placed their insights on Chicken pox 50 7 Dr Ribeiro 41. Pitje Cinema 49 an A1 size roadmap of Mamelodi that dates back to 1991. Diarrhoea & important teachers 39. Police station 29 Diphtheria Mamelodi West 14. Mangoloane The objective of making the map was to see if creating a historical 8 40. Post Office 15. Morakama Primary School High infant mortality rates 2. Mamelodi West Clinic narrative of health and health care during the 1980s would be of value Infant Mortality - Distance to clinic; 21 16. Mthunzini Primary 51 to implementing COPC. We asked ourselves if health care teams would 35. Library 9 17. Mveledso No antenatal care 15 be able to use the information captured on the map after the mapping Lack of immunisation 18. Ndema Primary School workshops. In a feedback session participants felt that the map was Malnutrition - Ignorance (lack of information), 1. Denneboom Kraam Inrigting/ 33. House Dr Ribeiro 26 19. Phela Dinakeng valuable because it stood as a record of their lived experience of health Nursing Home poverty KEY 20. Refendse Primary care during the 1980s. They also felt that they could use the map to 34. House Nico Smith Measles 47 21. Ribane Laka High School educate community health workers about the types of diseases 31. Denneboom Station 30 Text (around map) 22. Shirinda Primary prevalent in Mamelodi during that time. Paraffin Poisoning - Negligence (wrong cold Information given by group 1 drink - mothers keeping paraffin in coke bottles) 3. Mamelodi Day Hospital Information given by group 2 23. Sindawonye Primary A person’s lived experience of health is always in a community context. Typhoid Information given by group 3 24. Somisanang Primary School Through practicing COPC we set out to strengthen this experience. Landmarks shown on the map 25. Technical Young Adults/Teenagers: 32. Eerste Fabrieke Station Doing a mapping project about historical diseases and health care Additional landmarks 26. Tlakkukane resources in the community, gives health care providers an opportunity Backyard Abortions - Poverty, lack of facilities; & addresses of team leaders 27. Tshwane Primary to compare what they are doing in the present with what happened in ignorance; fear of parents; many girls & women Hospitals 28. Tsunami Primary the past. It is making people aware of their history and simultaneously were dying of backyard abortions Schools 29. Uwane Primary School making history relevant to the present. 30. Vukani Mawethu High School Adults: Asthma - psychosocial Bronco pneumonia, bronchitis 1991 Map of Mamelodi About the map design process: Additional Landmarks: & pneumonia - Poverty, exposure to cold, The researcher designed the map after the workshops and focused infection group discussions. She worked with the information generated by 31. Denneboom Station Malignancy (cancer) - Hereditary; ignorance; the three groups of participants and put the information together to 3. SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE: poor research; oesophageal cancer due to pipe 32. Eerste Fabrieke Station - Was a distillery, create a unified map. smoking there was a Lord Nelmapius and it won prizes for Drs: Fighters against : Mayors: liquor sold before it got closed down Depression - Psychosocial problems; poverty - The researcher selected three colours and assigned a colour to each Dr Cindi & Dr Mahabane - First doctors in Mamelodi, wife and husband both Stanza Bopape Mr Pitje - 1st Mayor and business man and used to help the needy with food parcels; financial problems 33. House of Dr Ribeiro of the groups. This was done to make visible each group’s contribution helping poor families Solomon Maghlangu owner cinema, stadium built after him Diabetes - Lack of knowledge, life style, poverty; 34. House of Nico Smith to the information on the map. A key (or map legend) in the bottom right Dr Motsiri Itsweng - Was giving bursaries to school children Mr Aphane - 2nd Mayor - chairperson hospital board diet, hereditary Rev. Mengoai - Arrested preaching against apartheid - 29 Dec 1988 35. Library corner of the map indicates the colours assigned to each group. Dr Ribeiro - Engaged in helping vulnerable families - played a big role in apartheid Mr Kekana - 3rd Mayor - highly religious Ear and Eye infection - Not washing hands, Rev. Nico Smith 36. Mamelodi West Community Hall Dr Maaga - Very good children elements;“the community in Mamelodi loved him to Mr Ndlazi - Active young mayor; Founded Moretele park recreation area, formed VVF; To make the unified map, she brought all the comments together Touching eyes 37. Moretele Park bits. I took my first born to him”; “ What made Dr. Maaga popular was that he was Teachers: street named after him to create the lists of information displayed. When reading the map, Food Poising - Lack of Knowledge (expired 38. Police station Mamelodi East the first doctor to work in the clinic” (referring to Mamelodi West Clinic) Mr Mbalati - Good business man food); Poverty (expired food) Mr Jack Lekala - Very influential person - especially towards education; prominent 39. Police station Mamelodi West look out for moments where insight from two or three groups could Dr Madiba be placed together to create a sentence. Gastroenteritis - Poverty, ignorance Teacher at Mamelodi High 40. Post Office Business People / other: (lack of information), poor hygiene, over crowding Dr Makhene - also giving bursaries to deserving children Mr Phillip Lekgothoane - Prominent teacher at Mamelodi High 41. Pitje Cinema HIV- Mid 80s Dr Matlala - Looking after vulnerable people Mr Dick Maphaleile - Prominent teacher at Mamelodi High Mr Jonathan Buthane - Librarian, Mamelodi West 42. Pitje Stadium About the information on the map: Hypertension - Hereditary Dr Rambau Mr Koos Matli - Prominent teacher at Mamelodi High YMCA - Mr Buthane, Mr Kutumela, Mr Tau, Mr Kekona, Mr Nywato 43. Putco Depot Dr Ribane - Very active in helping in sports. Died in an accident Mr Phelad Matsapola - First graduate female teacher in Mamelodi “The YMCA played an important role in developing the youth of Mamelodi, in the late The map is a product of our shared understanding of memories Leprosy - Ignorance; overcrowding 44. Salvation Army Dr Sebotsana Ms Mokhele - TUATA (Transvaal United African Teachers Association), excellent 70s and in the 80s. In the 90s the place was abandoned and run down. The current and experiences collected at a certain point in time. The information Lice (even in pubic hair) - Poor living 45. S&S Beer Hall teacher, highly religious director of the YMCA, Victor Nkosi, was one of the youth who benefited from the YMCA and insights displayed on it are our own. They are subjective and we ask conditions; poor hygiene Nurse: Mr Joe Mothuba - Prominent teachers at Mamelodi High when he was young. After achieving his degree from a US university and working that you see it in this way. You are likely to have your own experiences Meningitis - Ignorance; conditions overseas, he came back and started to rebuild the place step by step. He is dedicated Addresses where team leaders lived: Sister Veronica Khosa - First nurse to start home based care (HBC)- Tateni clinic Mr Carl Motsepe - First principal of Mamelodi High, he was very political. He to add and you may or may not agree with everything we say. Scabies - Overcrowding; poor hygiene to make the place again a beacon and stepping stone for local youth, the way it has been 46. Sister Johanna Buthane (Tateni founded April 1995 - “This was in response to the growing need to provide skipped the country STI (Sexually transmitted Infections) - for him.” - http://www.seetrust.com/?page_id=832 Sister Pumla Chokwe - not indicated health and home care nursing services to the growing number of HIV/AIDS patients Mr Nokaneng - Good in Northern Sotho lecturing - humorous We hope that the map will honor the people who showed resilience Proximity; syphilis and gonorrhoea (STD), Mr Makhabeni - One of the first lawyers in Mamelodi 47. Sister Peggy Kambule and delivered quality healthcare to the local residents of Mamelodi that were being dismissed from hospitals since there was no cure for the disease”. Mrs Tshabangy - Principal, active in the community - formed Masupa Tsela Aged poor sexual habits; STIs were rife Ms D Ngewnya - Business woman started exercise group, touring club; religious 48. Sister Naomi Mabena Sister Francine Mathapo - One of first nurses at Mameldi West Clinic Forum during a very dark period in the Apartheid era. We also hope it will TB - Overcrowding; poverty; Sister Magdaline Mangwane - not indicated inform you about the diseases prevalent in Mamelodi as well as the Ms Mogotsi - Second matron of Mamelodi Hospital Rev. Sekati Tonsillitis - Bacteria/ infection Artists: 49. Sister Agnes Mfetane location and kinds of facilities available to people at that time. Sister Jane Motshabi Mr Serudu - Lecturer at UNISA influencing everybody to study Julian Bahula 50. Sister Sannah Mokhele Old People: Ms Ramutla - First matron of Kalafong Hospital To find out more about COPC, please visit the website Joe Lopez 51. Sister Edith Quaking Curative focus not preventative Mrs Jacobeth Selepe - 2nd in charge of Mamelodi West Clinic; was one of the first of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria: nurses at Mameldi West Clinic; started the Newborn Home before going to Mamelodi Vusi Mahlasela 52. Sister Lillian Papo Lack of information & programmes on http://www.up.ac.za/en/family-medicine or watch a launch video about West Clinic Phillip Tabane 53. Matron Stella Sebati COPC on YouTube by typing “Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC)” healthy lifestyle *All four artists were also mentioned by group 1 54. Sister Liza Serithi into the search box. Lack of services - transport (to reach clinic 55. Sister Nomalizo Tau & hospital)