Covid-19
SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid?
Many South Africans have no income
Analysis | 19 May 2020
Homemade alcoholic brew finds a market as prices soar
“People are bored of sitting at home doing nothing”
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 19 May 2020
“The City needs to stop destroying shacks, at least until the lockdown is over”
City of Cape Town demolishes shacks built by people evicted by their landlords in Strand
Brief | 18 May 2020
Doubts over Compensation Fund’s ability to pay out for Covid-19 claims
However, the Fund’s glitchy computer system is at last showing some improvement
By Liezl Human
Brief | 18 May 2020
Life was better in quarantine in luxury hotel
Dunoon residents who have recovered from Covid-19 return to informal settlement
Brief | 18 May 2020
Leading SA health experts warn that Covid-19 response is hurting other health priorities
Children are suffering increasingly from preventable infectious diseases, including TB and measles, due to missed vaccinations
Linda-Gail Bekker, Valerie Mizrahi, Ntobeko Ntusi, Tom Moultrie, Tracey Naledi, Mark Hatherill, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington, Robin Wood
Opinion | 17 May 2020
Health workers disrupt wards over lack of protection
“The Superintendent-General was here two weeks ago and he promised to deliver to the cries of the employees”
Brief | 15 May 2020
Judge reprimands ministers of police and defence for “lockdown brutality”
Court orders suspension of police and military involved in the torture and death of Collins Khosa
News | 15 May 2020
Auditor-General should oversee billions in the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund
Public deserves transparency for the fund to which thousands have contributed
Opinion | 15 May 2020