Covid-19
Joburg’s informal traders call for police to stop confiscating their goods
Traders pay between R1,600 and R3,000 to retrieve their stock
News | 20 August 2021
How hesitant are South Africans about getting vaccinated?
Large surveys offer different views on vaccine acceptance
By James Stent
Analysis | 20 August 2021
R350-a-month Covid grant is too low, say speakers at Women on Farms meeting
“If I could, I would rather work”
By Liezl Human
News | 19 August 2021
How to boost the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Government has got a few things right, but there’s so much more it can still do
By Nathan Geffen and Marcus Low
Opinion | 18 August 2021
Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites
People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab
News | 18 August 2021
Gauteng government takes vaccination drive to informal settlements
And Saaberie Chishty Society helps get people vaccinated outside their homes
News | 18 August 2021
Teachers demand KZN education department pay them, fill vacant posts
SADTU: “As we speak more than 1,203 substitute teachers have either not been paid or told not to come back to school”
Brief | 18 August 2021
Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material
Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades
News | 17 August 2021
Durban parents demand schools close after learner dies of Covid
Protest follows death of 12-year-old Kaitlyn Pillay. Education expert warns of “dire” cost to children of closing schools.
News | 17 August 2021