Covid-19
Unemployed people wait in vain at company gates
Job-seekers in Germiston sit outside major local employer hoping for work
News | 17 February 2021
Desperate job-seekers are falling victim to fake employment offers
Fraudsters demand money for fees and police clearance checks
By Vusi Mokoena and Daniel Steyn
News | 16 February 2021
People’s lives left on hold while Master of the High Court turns away clients
People are struggling to wind up the estates of family members because they cannot access court services
News | 16 February 2021
Covid-19: How bureaucracy can kill
A thoughtless instruction to my school from the provincial education department may have cost lives
A Teacher
Opinion | 15 February 2021
Covid-19 grant is not enough, say activists
The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations
Brief | 15 February 2021
Why some scientists think the AstraZeneca vaccine is still useful for South Africa
While the results are disappointing against the local variant of the Covid-19 virus, there are reasons to think the vaccine may reduce deaths
Science | 14 February 2021
Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey
For the four provinces analysed, over half the population has likely had a SARS-CoV-2 infection
By Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen
Science | 13 February 2021
Mayor tells strikers there will be “consequences”
Municipal workers’ strike shuts down customer services and the traffic department in Nelson Mandela Bay
Brief | 10 February 2021
Families without water as City of Cape Town contract expires
Residents of Dunoon informal settlement block roads in protest
News | 10 February 2021