South Africa

Lockdown in pictures - Day 98: Call to close schools

New Era dismisses six workers in Germiston

One worker was dismissed for sharing a press statement that “dragged the company’s name through the mud”

Protesters against gender-based violence complain of being manhandled by police

Arrested demonstrators were crammed into vans and kept together in a cell for breaking Covid-19 regulations

Covid-19: SADTU members quit schools to mourn dead colleagues

Union calls for Eastern Cape schools to be closed

How we count our dead during Covid-19

From 6 May to 23 June, at least 4,000 South Africans died because of the pandemic

“We are forgotten. We will be remembered when the elections are closer”

Residents of Khethi in Pietermaritzburg struggle to access schools, clinics and water

Lockdown in pictures -Day 97: Sewende Laan

City of Cape Town Law Enforcement drag naked man out of his house

City says incident is being investigated

Khayelitsha SASSA office to re-open Thursday

Frustrated grant beneficiaries had to travel to other offices

Limited Metrorail service is better than none

As services slowly resumed, Cape Town commuters generally obeyed the measures put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19

Hundreds of new homes demolished in Port Elizabeth

Municipality demolishes shacks as they are being built

Nomandla Yako, who defied Thabo Mbeki by importing HIV medicines, has died

TAC activist who lived openly with HIV succumbs to Covid-19

July deadline to relocate 1,500 Dunoon families “is no longer feasible”

“The units will not be for ownership. They will be owned by the province and leased to the beneficiaries,” says MEC

Budget breaks President Ramaphosa’s promise, say economists

Economists ask Parliament to reject Budget

Ebrahim Patel says names of lottery-funded organisations should be made public

Minister makes it clear that he disagrees with National Lotteries Commission’s refusal to disclose recipients of grants

Protesters demand jobs at Durban university

DUT says they will meet with community members on Thursday