Skhonde clinic

Primary healthcare in South Africa runs on a particular rhythm: nurses assessing, triaging, dispensing—managing volume while keeping quality high. Skhonde clinic operates within that reality, handling everything from chronic disease management for hypertension and diabetes to acute illness consultations, immunisations, and wound care. The work involves navigating medication stock, managing patient queues, coordinating with district health systems, and sometimes referring patients to secondary care when needed. Staff understand local disease patterns, know which antibiotics work best given resistance profiles, and manage the administrative side—SARS chronic script reporting, medical aid verification—that keeps primary care functioning. It's unglamorous, essential work.