Huge delays in Covid-19 test results

Doctors express concern that results are so late they are not clinically useful

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News | 8 May 2020

Enjoy the fresh air while it lasts! Lockdown causes drop in SA air pollution

This may be little comfort to people facing hunger or crippling job losses because of the lockdown, but air pollution is nevertheless a major global killer

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Science | 8 May 2020

Staff picket over plan to convert TB hospital to treat Covid-19

Emergency medical services and unions say personal protective equipment is in short supply

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Brief | 8 May 2020

Youths grab toilets meant for people with disabilities

Two bucket toilets shared by 22 “disabled households” in Vastrap informal settlement

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News | 8 May 2020

Bus drivers disrupt services over Covid-19 fears

Police disperse protesting Golden Arrow employees

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News | 8 May 2020

Covid-19: Tsakane’s pineapple beer joints are doing a roaring trade

“I always carry a mask with me but sadly I must take it off to drink my beer”

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News | 8 May 2020

Covid-19: Woodstock Hospital occupiers face a new challenge

“We’ve ensured that nobody goes without food”

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Photo Essay | 8 May 2020

Coca-Cola and Cape Town’s sweetheart Day Zero deal

How big business ignored the water restrictions and got away with it

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Feature | 8 May 2020

Covid-19: Lear Corporation workers protest after being put on short-time

Company has apparently applied for TERS funding but employees have not been paid this yet

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News | 7 May 2020

Cookhouse residents refuse councillor’s offer of paraffin and wood

The community of KwaNoxolo township say they will accept nothing short of electricity

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Staff at Uitenhage hospital picket over Covid-19 concerns

Health department appeals for protests to stop

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Long wait for title deeds in Durban

Residents of Mount Moriah have been waiting more than ten years

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News | 7 May 2020

500 households in Empumelelweni have no toilets

Ward councillor says she didn’t know of the settlement

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Covid-19: The message is in the hair

Uitenhage hair stylist “writes” with his dreadlocks

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Brief | 7 May 2020

Covid-19: Medical schemes provide little aid for cash-strapped members

If you have lost your income due to the lockdown, your options are limited

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News | 7 May 2020

Landmark rape ruling overturned by Supreme Court of Appeal

Rape survivor who sued the police for negligence should not get damages, court rules

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News | 6 May 2020