Tshwane’s youngest MMC urges young people to get the jab
The 30-year-old roads and transport MMC Dikeledi Selowa got her jab at the Bosman taxi rank on Tuesday.
Tshwane’s youngest MMC Dikeledi Selowa (30) has urged young people to get vaccinated.
Vaccination for the so-called young cohort opened on August 20, following an announcement by the Gauteng Department of Health mandating all facilities in the province to start catering for the age groups.
Selowa, the roads and transport MMC, joined multiple taxi drivers at the Bosman taxi rank on Tuesday where she received her Johnson & Johnson jab.
“I registered on the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) immediately when the system opened for the 18-34 year old on August 20,” she said.
“I felt I made a positive contribution to society by the choice I made. The intention was not to vaccinate today [Tuesday], but when I arrived at the taxi rank I decided not to delay the inevitable and opted to inspire other youths as a societal leader by inoculating.”
Selowa said the decision to bring a mobile vaccination clinic to the area was an informed decision as many South Africans commuted on taxis daily.
She said the metro saw it appropriate and sensible to bring the site to one of the busiest taxi ranks in Pretoria to help the country achieve what is commonly known as ‘herd immunity’.
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“Herd immunity means the more we vaccinate in numbers the more we’re going to potentially save lives,” she said.
“While it is currently not mandatory to vaccinate in South Africa, saving lives is an act of love and it is our duty to our loved ones and to society in general to preserve and save lives.
“I, as part of the youth brigade, and the youngest MMC in Tshwane, would like to urge all the youth leaders to lead the way and encourage others to come forward in their masses to register to be vaccinated.”
She said it was the duty of young people to live by example and drive society in the right direction to achieve herd immunity.
“Let us overcome the vaccine hesitancy phenomenon and register to be inoculated. If I can do it, you too can do it.”
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