Here is where you can donate blood in and around Polokwane this month
According to the SANBS website, less than 1% of South Africans are blood donors and to ensure that there is a sufficient blood supply in the health system, 3 000 units need to be collected per day.
POLOKWANE – Even though the first day of April is usually a day of joking, fun and laughter. The bloodstock levels at the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) are no laughing matter.
On Monday afternoon there was only enough blood left for five days. The platelets stock was at 0.6 days.
According to the SANBS website, less than 1% of South Africans are blood donors and to ensure that there is a sufficient blood supply in the health system, 3 000 units need to be collected per day.
Read more: [WATCH] ‘Giving blood is not that bad’, says first time donor
One unit of blood lasts only 42 days after donation, therefore donors are encouraged to donate regularly (every eight weeks or 56 days).
One unit of blood can save a minimum of three lives as it is separated into platelets, red blood cells and plasma. Do your part and donate blood this April.
See the schedule for Polokwane and surrounding areas below.
| Date | Venue | Time |
| Tuesday: 2 April | Office of the Premier | 13:30 – 16:00 |
| Tuesday: 2 April | CoGsta | 10:00 – 14:00 |
| Tuesday: 2 April | TUT Polokwane | 08:30 – 16:00 |
| Friday: 5 April | Mangkweng Plaza | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday: 6 April | The Crossing Mall | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Saturday: 6 April | Mangkweng Plaza | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Sunday: 7 April | Mangkweng Plaza | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Tuesday: 9 April | Capricorn High School | 06:30 – 15:00 |
| Tuesday: 9 April | Unilim | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Wednesday: 10 April | Noorderland High School | 08:00 – 14:00 |
| Wednesday: 10 April | Unilim | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday: 11 April | Taxila Secondary School | 08:00 – 14:00 |
| Thursday: 11 April | Unilim | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday: 12 April | Westenburg Secondary School | 08:00 – 13:00 |
| Friday: 12 April | Seshego Circle | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday: 13 April | Northern Academy | 10:00 – 14:00 |
| Saturday: 13 April | Seshego Circle | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Sunday: 14 April | Nirvanna | 10:00 – 15:00 |
| Sunday: 14 April | Seshego Circle | 09:00 – 15:00 |
| Tuesday: 16 April | Unisa Polokwane | 10:00 – 14:00 |
| Tuesday: 16 April | Rosebank College | 10:00 – 15:00 |
| Wednesday: 17 April | Piet Pot Hoërskool | 08:00 – 14:00 |
| Wednesday: 17 April | Savannah Mall | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday: 18 April | Savannah Mall | 09:00- 17:00 |
| Thursday: 18 April | Mall of the North | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Thursday: 18 April | Limpopo Mall | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Sunday: 21 April | Savannah Mall | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Sunday: 21 April | Mall of the North | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Monday: 22 April | Mall of the North | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Monday: 22 April | Savannah Mall | 09:00 – 14:00 |
| Tuesday: 23 April | Millennium Combined School | 11:00 – 14:00 |
| Wednesday: 24 April | Hoërskool Pietersburg | 08:00 – 14:00 |
| Friday: 26 April | Seshego Circle | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Friday: 26 April | Mangkweng Plaza | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Monday: 29 April | Limpopo Mall | 08:00 – 18:00 |
| Tuesday: 30 April | Seshego Circle | 10:00 – 17:00 |
| Tuesday: 30 April | Limpopo Mall | 10:00 – 17:00 |
Read more: 12 reasons you may not be able to donate blood
