Fresh Squeeze | City of Tshwane introduces mental health services at all 24 of its primary healthcare clinics

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The City of Tshwane announced recently that it will introduce mental health services at all 24 of its primary healthcare clinics. July is mental illness awareness month, and according to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), one in three South Africans suffer from a mental health disorder. Mpho Mashita and Complexion talk to Melanie Langeveldt, Director of Primary Healthcare Programmes at the City of Tshwane Health Department, about what this would entail and what it means for the people of Tshwane- also- what it would take for other provinces to be able to do the same
3 Jul 2024 English South Africa Business · Arts

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