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“Don’t call us heroes”: health workers overwhelmed by Covid-19 want help, not praise

“Emotionally, we are not coping”

Covid-19 curfew and alcohol ban leave sex workers battling

“In our line of work business thrives during the night”

Covid-19 beach closures threaten the livelihoods of car guards

“This job gave me a sense of independence and pride”

No water to douse raging fire: 70 left homeless

Shackdwellers had to fetch water from another informal settlement

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

Pensioners at high risk and easily ignored

Over 100,000 South Africans have probably died of Covid-19

Latest MRC report shows over 16,000 excess deaths in week ending 16 January

“I have tried all the tricks … but with no success” says frustrated Covid-19 grant applicant

Despite new Post Office system, snaking queues are the norm in Port Elizabeth

Trial will shed light on Wild Coast violence

Community is split, even within families, on whether mining should be allowed to take place

Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions

Far fewer commissioners to listen to cases will mean reduced turnaround time

Disability grants: SASSA promises to clear Western Cape backlog by end of March

Extra doctors have been brought in, SASSA executive tells Western Cape legislature

SASSA’s Uitenhage office only serves 50 people a day. This is what it looked like at 1:30pm

Makhanda occupiers say they can no longer afford to pay rent

Municipality is concerned with informal settlements mushrooming in the city

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

It’s “insensitive” and “morally questionable”, write two doctors in the South African Medical Journal

Shack dwellers disrupt water and electricity project in Uitenhage

The two projects are meant to benefit elderly, disabled and blind residents whose 500 informal structures are being built in the area

Covid-19 grant beneficiaries pay up to R150 for a place in post office queue

“South Africa is like that, if you don’t have money you can’t have access to things”

Labour department acts against Queenstown factory where worker’s hand was severed

Eugene Jali lost his hand in a maize mixing machine