Deafening silence from government on Covid-19 grant
Activist organisations battling to secure meetings
News | 28 May 2021
Mayor calls for army to end taxi strike
Protesters in Nelson Mandela Bay have forced the closure of clinics, schools, shopping centres and disrupted many other vital services
By Joseph Chirume and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 28 May 2021
The game that keeps young people out of gangs
Kalib Missoe runs an after school dominoes club in Belhar, Cape Town
Video | 28 May 2021
Covid vaccines: This hospital shows how it should be done
It has been handling walk-ins efficiently and politely, but you must be over 60
News | 28 May 2021
Schools urged to provide food parcels for learners
Children are missing meals on days they are not at school because of Covid-19 shifts
By Julia Evans
News | 28 May 2021
South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost
The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 27 May 2021
Sefako Makgatho University workers end three-week strike
Workers agree to 4.5% wage increase
Brief | 27 May 2021
Parents win three year battle to build school
Construction of Kariega school was stalled because education department failed to pay contractors
Brief | 27 May 2021
5,000 Siqalo households have no water during the day
City of Cape Town says illegal connections interrupt the water supply to the informal settlement
Brief | 27 May 2021