Covid-19: Cramped Hanover Park residents struggle to “social distance”
Without a source of income for many, the lockdown could have dire consequences
Video | 3 April 2020
Police end five-month long occupation of Cape Town church
Protesting refugees moved to Bellville site
By James Stent
News | 2 April 2020
Covid-19: Police close shop because owner could not colour print trading permit
“Where am I supposed to find a place to print it when all the internet stores are closed?”
Brief | 2 April 2020
Covid-19: 280 extra places for Cape Town’s homeless
Culemborg shelter expanded, but still not enough
By James Stent
News | 2 April 2020
Covid-19: A busker without an audience
Lockdown has hit informal sector workers hard
Video | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: “We can’t stay inside when we have no toilets”
Lockdown meaningless in Dunoon informal settlements
News | 31 March 2020
Covid-19: Police arrest shopkeeper for trading without a permit
Shop was selling food and is exempt under disaster regulations
Brief | 31 March 2020
Covid-19: Homeless people in Muizenberg are afraid and anxious
“No one has talked to us about the virus. We don’t know what it can do to us. All we know is that you must wash your hands.”
Brief | 27 March 2020
In photos: Day one of lockdown
Soldiers and police patrol streets asking residents to stay at home
By Ashraf Hendricks and Lucas Nowicki
Photo Essay | 27 March 2020