Covid-19
Motherwell school shut down by parents worried about safety
Eastern Cape Department of Education says 94% of schools had received personal protective equipment
Brief | 12 June 2020
People who have recovered from Covid-19 say they are stigmatised
“No one visited our house anymore. So we left Port Elizabeth”
News | 12 June 2020
Humewood police accused of using coronavirus as an excuse to get off duty
Police spokesperson says it is unnecessary to close an entire station and send all officers for testing
News | 11 June 2020
Covid-19: “We are facing a humanitarian crisis like never before” warns Breadline Africa
Soup kitchen is feeding four times as many people as usual
News | 10 June 2020
School defies vandals and re-opens
A security fence was supposed to be installed around Joe Slovo Primary in Port Elizabeth but the lockdown delayed that plan
Brief | 10 June 2020
Homeless immigrants secure winter shelter
But a couple of dozen others still live in Cape Town park
By James Stent
News | 10 June 2020
Residents of Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was signed, still don’t have decent toilets
“What government is saying about hygiene is an insult to us”
By Chris Gilili
News | 9 June 2020
Pietermaritzburg schools shut down by protesters demanding water
“They must give water to the community before the schools”
Brief | 9 June 2020
“We are not doing any business” says street vendor
Report finds 70% of households in poor neighbourhoods source food from informal sector
By Zoë Postman
News | 9 June 2020