KwaZulu Natal: Proposed Hospital Renaming After ANC, SACP Struggle Icon Harry Gwala Sparks Protest, Division

SANDILE MOTHA

A LOBBY group named Msane Tribe Heritage Trust is leading a campaign to ensure that the renaming of Edendale Hospital under uMgungundlovu District does not see the light of day.

The move was sparked by the recent announcement by the provincial health department that it had decided to rename the health facility after ANC and SACP struggle icon Harry Gwala.

Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane – Zulu during her budget vote said this was to recognise the role played by Gwala while working at the hospital as a clerk.

“Harry Gwala was instrumental in fighting against the system. He mobilised workers and medical doctors to join the struggle risking his life. He subsequently lost his job for his political involvement. So this is a gesture of saying thank you to the struggle hero and that he might be gone but his legacy lives on,” said Simelane-Zulu.

But the Msane