No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban
“There is no business at the moment, it is bad”
News | 27 January 2021
Lindiwe Zulu urged to introduce new child grant
Amendment to Social Assistance Act would allow minister to prescribe additional payments
By Liezl Human
News | 27 January 2021
Covid-19 and vaccines: Questions and answers
Updated 15 April 2021
GroundUp and Spotlight Staff
Explainer | 26 January 2021
“Don’t call us heroes”: health workers overwhelmed by Covid-19 want help, not praise
“Emotionally, we are not coping”
News | 26 January 2021
Covid-19 curfew and alcohol ban leave sex workers battling
“In our line of work business thrives during the night”
News | 26 January 2021
Covid-19 beach closures threaten the livelihoods of car guards
“This job gave me a sense of independence and pride”
News | 25 January 2021
No water to douse raging fire: 70 left homeless
Shackdwellers had to fetch water from another informal settlement
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 January 2021
Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19
Pensioners at high risk and easily ignored
By James Stent
News | 25 January 2021
Can you be reinfected with the new Covid-19 variant? And how effective will vaccines be against it?
We don’t know the answers yet, but a local study sheds some light
Science | 25 January 2021