Topic: Covid-19 | GroundUp

Covid-19: We are going to be very strict, Motsoaledi warns Zimbabwean travellers

Expensive test makes return to Zimbabwe unaffordable for some

By Bernard Chiguvare

News | 2 December 2020

AIDS victories show what we can do if we try

We can do the same for Covid-19 and other diseases

By Nathan Geffen

Opinion | 1 December 2020

Upington coalition demands water, toilets and cheaper electricity

Municipality promises to hold special meeting

By Selby Nomnganga

Brief | 30 November 2020

“It’s fair to conclude that we do not have what is called a school” says principal

Department of Basic Education will miss its deadline for minimum standards in schools yet again

By Marecia Damons

News | 27 November 2020

Thousands of health workers march for permanent employment

“We put our lives at risk but we are not permanently employed”

By Vincent Lali, Nokulunga Majola and Joseph Chirume

News | 26 November 2020

Will Covid-19 vaccines bring life back to normal in 2021?

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

By James Stent and Nathan Geffen

News | 26 November 2020

Covid-19: long queues are spreading the disease, warn health officials

But SASSA beneficiaries still have to queue for hours

By Joseph Chirume, Mkhuseli Sizani, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 26 November 2020

Covid-19: Health department warning on initiation schools

Eastern Cape will probe issuing of certificates when schools are still closed

By Johnnie Isaac

Brief | 25 November 2020

Health workers say they have to meet their supervisors under a tree in Khayelitsha

They are picketing for better working conditions and wages

By Vincent Lali

News | 24 November 2020

Residents punished for municipal water bill mix-up

Electricity cut off because of unpaid water accounts which residents say they never received

By Mkhuseli Sizani

News | 24 November 2020

Bus drivers protest for Covid relief

More than 300 Algoa Bus Company employees want to know what has happened to TERS payments

By Mkhuseli Sizani

Brief | 23 November 2020

Covid-19: Trains overcrowded as rail service battles to keep up with demand

UNTU accuses PRASA of flouting safety rules

By Nokulunga Majola

News | 23 November 2020

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

Hospitals across the continent have few resources. A new study shows the consequences.

By James Stent

News | 20 November 2020

Decomposing bodies piling up since 2010 at Pietermaritzburg mortuary

Staff say conditions have only got worse since they protested in 2018

By Nompendulo Ngubane

News | 19 November 2020

Day Zero in “The Place of Water”

Tsitsikama village in the old Ciskei struggles with a severe water shortage

By Elsabé Pienaar

News | 19 November 2020

Blouvlei crèche survived apartheid but may not survive Covid-19

The historic crèche opened in 1955 in Cape Town by Dora Tamana is struggling

By Ashraf Hendricks

News | 17 November 2020