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Radio Khwezi's Ezabasha Team helps raise R15 000.00 for AIDS hospice On 21 March 2007, the team of producers and presenters of Ezabasha which is a youth programme at Radio Khwezi, handed over a cheque of R7 000 to Philanjalo Hospice at Tugela Ferry, Msinga. This hospice is a home for people with different ailments, especially those living with HIV/Aids. The presentation of this cheque by the team from Ezabasha coincided with Human Rights Day. Umzinyathi District Mayor, Mr Mbangiseni Yengwa, was the guest of honour in this event. Philanjalo Care Centre has 16 beds at the moment. The hospice is hoping that with the help of the donation by Radio Khwezi they will be able to add more beds. Previously, on 1 December last year, the Ezabasha Youth Team was able to raise money to give to two Aids hospices they have identified apart from the R7000 that was given to Philanjalo Care Centre. Khwezi will again give an amount of more than R8 000 to another Aids hospice, Emseni Care at Kwasizabantu Mission, in the Ilembe Region. All this money was raised when the Department of Health in the Ilembe Region bought a slot in the Ezabasha programme, while the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health sponsored the Zulu news bulletin and the Umzinyathi District Municipality sponsored all the three current affairs programmes. Umzinyathi District Mayor, Mr Yengwa, hailed patients at Philanjalo Hospice as heroes and heroins for getting tested for their HIV status. Mr Yengwa promised to help the hospice wherever and whenever and with whatever he could. He also praised Sipho Mkhize, Dumisani Zondi, Phakamani Mkhwanazi, Thami Thusi and Themba Radebe of Ezabasha, for making him aware of the plight faced by Aids sufferers in his region.












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