South Africa

Lockdown in pictures - Day 157: All that jazz

Lockdown in pictures - Day 156: Covid-19 graves

Lockdown in pictures - Day 155: Hawking on the streets

PE’s ward committee members protest against muncipality

They demanded backpay, skills development training and personal protective equipment

Alexandra gogo feeds families that “fell through the cracks” during lockdown

Sylvia Mvumvu makes food packages at her home

1,500 homes were promised. Four years later not a single one has been built

Jeffreys Bay housing project moves at a snail’s pace but government promises construction will begin in October

Masiphumelele upgrade plan approved but Noordhoek group’s appeal still pending

Provincial government says it is “critical” for the informal settlement to be upgraded as living conditions are “undesirable and unacceptable”

Unemployed Uitenhage men are making food gardening “fashionable” again

Food garden developed during the Covid-19 lockdown is showing results

No hope of Cape Town central line resuming any time soon

Services gradually being extended on other lines

Lockdown in pictures - Day 154: Yards are the new playgrounds

Five villages share one 5,000-litre water tank

Taps ran dry in the rural Eastern Cape village of Ngquthu seven years ago

Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

Occupiers rebuild demolished homes, saying they have no money for rent

City of Cape Town says there have been 130 land occupations since July

Covid-19: Patients complain of long clinic queues but officials are trying to fix this

“No patient has been turned away”

R4 billion River Club development clears major obstacle

Environmental Authorisation given despite outstanding heritage matters and civil society opposition

Lockdown in pictures - Day 153: Invisible people