WAKKERSTROOM – MEC for Health, Sasekani Manzini, conducted an oversight visit to Wakkerstroom Clinic on Wednesday 27 August 2025 as part of the EXCO Outreach Programme that is currently underway in the Dr Pixley Ka Seme Sub-District.
The visit saw Manzini assessing service delivery at the facility and its readiness for the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
The visit revealed encouraging progress and excellence in health service delivery within the Dr Pixley Ka Seme Sub-District.
The Following Are Key Observations Patient Experience:
- Patients reported high levels of satisfaction, highlighting consistent excellent services.
- The facility maintains extreme cleanliness, a fact confirmed during the visit.
- Waiting times were minimal, averaging less than an hour, owing to the effective use of the booking system.
- Medicine stock levels stood at 92%, ensuring that patients reliably receive their prescribed treatment.
- Wakkerstroom Clinic is fully accredited by the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), which implies that the facility is ready to implement the NHI.
- It is also worth noting that the entire Dr Pixley Ka Seme Sub-District has achieved 100% OHSC accreditation across its eight Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities, as well as its two district hospitals – Elsie Ballot and Amajuba Hospitals.
All PHC facilities have achieved Platinum Status under the Ideal Clinic Programme and are supported by functional Health Patient Registration Systems (HPRS) with consistent connectivity. On the HIV & ART Programme (Closing the Gap campaign), the Mpumalanga’s 134 000 “Closing the gap” target, Dr Pixley Ka Seme Sub-District is tasked with tracing and re-engaging 1 370 clients by December 2025.
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Progress is being made because to date, 274 clients (20%) have been successfully brought back into care.
The number of patients on ART has increased from 11 788 to 11 926. It is encouraging to learn that client retention is strong, with 138 patients re-initiated into care.
When it comes to overall performance, the sub-district has demonstrated strong readiness for the roll-out of the NHI, excelling in service delivery, quality standards, and programme implementation.
MEC Manzini commended the commitment of health workers, management and all stakeholders for ensuring that Wakkerstroom Clinic and the Dr Pixley Ka Seme Sub-District, in general, stand out as models of excellence.
These achievements position the sub-district as a provincial benchmark for NHI readiness and best practice in health care delivery.
