Covid-19

No classes for thousands of children because school cannot meet Covid-19 requirements

Joe Gqabi District Municipality closed ET Thabane Primary School last year

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News | 3 February 2021

Muizenberg buzzing after Covid-19 beach ban lifted

Food vendors, car guards and surf shops back in business

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News | 2 February 2021

Beaches open again, but damage has been done, say informal traders

Having missed the peak tourist beach season, vendors want the government to help them recover

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Brief | 2 February 2021

Nearly all excess deaths are due to Covid-19

Lockdown restrictions are not responsible for massive increase in mortality

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Science | 1 February 2021

“We are desperate”: Covid-19 grant beneficiaries still hope for a reprieve

“We really need this grant, as small as it may appear”

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News | 1 February 2021

Covid-19 and ivermectin: SAHPRA reaches settlement with Afriforum

Doctors can apply to use the drug under section 21 of the Medicines Act

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News | 1 February 2021

Police use pepper spray against Covid-19 grant queue in East London

Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons

News | 29 January 2021

Covid-19: Ivermectin obsession is dangerous

A court case brought by Afriforum risks undermining the scientific governance of medicine

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Opinion | 29 January 2021

Covid-19: Empty beaches leave traders stranded

“The closure of beaches has taken away our daily bread”

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News | 29 January 2021

Covid-19 grant: no new applications will be considered, says SASSA

Beneficiaries still hoping the grant will be extended after 31 January

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News | 28 January 2021

Excess deaths decline for first time since November

Mortality still near record high but it looks like we are turning the corner

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Science | 27 January 2021

Covid-19 grant beneficiaries hoping for a miracle

Monthly grant is due to come to an end in January

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News | 27 January 2021

UIF applicants forced to break Covid-19 curfew rule

Some people say they queue from 3am outside Department of Labour offices in Port Elizabeth

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News | 27 January 2021

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

“There is no business at the moment, it is bad”

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News | 27 January 2021

Covid-19 and vaccines: Questions and answers

Updated 15 April 2021

GroundUp and Spotlight Staff

Information | 26 January 2021