Covid-19
Waiting for a job on the roadside during lockdown
“Whenever cars stop they tell us to go home and stay safe from corona,” says Lucky Shabalala
Brief | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: Economists propose R400 billion relief plan
“Governments worldwide have taken extraordinary measures. By contrast, the response from the South African government has been relatively limited”
News | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown affords homeless shelter in Louis Trichardt
Shelter came as a relief, says a 23-year-old, who used to sleep at a car wash
Brief | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: How a woman copes without a toilet or water
“I make my kids stay in my yard or lie in bed throughout the day”
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown life in crowded Lusikisiki
Villagers who come to town to shop have to wait hours for taxis to take them home
Brief | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: Leather business in Oudtshoorn takes strain as tourism plummets
Cheslyn Wagenaar makes belts and sandals at his RDP home with offcuts of crocodile and ostrich skins
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 18 April 2020
Covid-19: Hospital staff demand protective gear and danger pay
NEHAWU meets with Dora Nginza hospital management to resolve complaints
Brief | 17 April 2020
Resident alleges police beat and shot him for filming lockdown operation
Police minister “must act swiftly against the criminal elements in the SAPS”
News | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: No food, no money, no job – how can we stay indoors? ask Brakpan residents
“An anxious man can do nothing else but stand on the streets and make a plan for his family to eat”
News | 17 April 2020