Covid-19

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Covid-19: We asked government and experts to explain the controversial disaster regulations

We got no response from government, but most experts are scathing

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News | 13 May 2020

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“Our pleas have fallen on deaf ears” say autism community

Mom with autistic son explains challenges navigating public spaces with him during the lockdown

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News | 13 May 2020

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Covid-19: We don’t have a full picture of what’s going on in the Eastern Cape

Province has failed to keep the population informed

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Opinion | 13 May 2020

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Covid-19: Desperate workers end Working for Water strike

Offices of the Gamtoos Irrigation Board, shut down since 11 March, reopened on Friday to process Covid-19 relief funds

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News | 13 May 2020

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City removes occupiers from land earmarked for housing

“Where are we supposed to get the money to pay rent?”

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News | 13 May 2020

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Covid-19: “I decided to return to the robots because of hunger”

Piece workers fear hunger over lockdown rules

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News | 13 May 2020

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Covid-19: Applicants for grants sleep outside SASSA offices

“We do not have any other choice but to wait”

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News | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19 Report 3: Promising new tests, but hydroxychloroquine disappoints

And how Tygerberg Hospital ICU doctors are managing patients

GroundUp and Spotlight staff

Covid-19 Report | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19: Nurses stop work in Eastern Cape town after one tests positive

Department says it will clean the facility and test staff at Dutywa Health Centre

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Brief | 12 May 2020

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Prison riot in Lusikisiki

Awaiting trial inmates say their “rights are grossly violated” by the Covid-19 lockdown regulations

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Brief | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19: “One day I will get my own food parcel”

Hungry KwaNobuhle residents wait all night for food

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Brief | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19: East London shack dwellers block streets over food vouchers

Residents accuse councillor of nepotism

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News | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19: The lockdown is being torn apart on the rocks of fiscal miserliness

If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so

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Opinion | 12 May 2020

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Woman alleges cigarette corruption by Grassy Park police

Vanessa Adriaanse claims police unlawfully entered her home and arrested her

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News | 12 May 2020

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Covid-19: PE clinic closes after a nurse dies and 11 staff test positive

Unions question Eastern Cape Health’s plan for staff at health facilities

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News | 11 May 2020

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Covid-19: “If we continue like this the virus is going to kill us,” says worried shopper

Social distancing rules ignored at Nyanga mall in Cape Town

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Brief | 11 May 2020