Covid-19: Autism community pleads for relaxed lockdown rules

“I have no fence so I am forced to keep him indoors. Taking a walk is very important for his mental and physical benefit”

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News | 24 April 2020

Covid-19: Dlamini-Zuma faces challenge over threat to lock-up infected people

“The prevention of the spread of the virus can be achieved through self-isolation at home”

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News | 24 April 2020

Covid-19: You can’t buy warm food, but you can buy Lottery tickets

No explanation offered as to why this has remained an essential good

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Opinion | 24 April 2020

Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare

Department of Health acted swiftly in screening and testing at fruit packhouse

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News | 24 April 2020

Covid-19: Call for Minister to release prisoners

“There is every reason to fear that the virus may spread more fearsomely within our correctional system, and soon”

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Brief | 24 April 2020

Covid-19 and the perils of over-incarceration

Inspecting judge calls for prisoner releases

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Opinion | 24 April 2020

Covid-19 lockdown bridges social divide for Durban’s homeless

Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre says it took three days to achieve what NGOs had been trying to do for three years

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Interview | 24 April 2020

Covid-19: Residents protest as patients with coronavirus transferred to rural hospital

MEC calls for eradication of stigma against Covid-19 patients

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News | 23 April 2020

Shacks demolished in Cato Manor

“We have every right to the land and even have a court interdict protecting us from demolitions” says resident

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News | 23 April 2020

Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient

An in-depth analysis of the social grants component of the relief package

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Analysis | 23 April 2020

The never-ending nightmare of going to the toilet in Burundi settlement

City of Cape Town says five janitors clean the communal toilets daily

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News | 23 April 2020

Covid-19: Informal traders will need support after the lockdown

Millions of South Africans are dependent on the informal economy

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Opinion | 23 April 2020

City vs shack dwellers: Occupations and demolitions escalate in Cape Town

Despite last week’s court order, new shacks are being erected next to Empolweni and the City is tearing them down.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2020

Covid-19: Unpacking President Ramaphosa’s rescue package

A major step forward, but some warning lights are flashing

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Analysis | 22 April 2020

Covid-19: Zimbabwean nationals ask to be repatriated

Consul General says the embassy is compiling a list of people willing to return to Zimbabwe

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News | 22 April 2020

Covid-19: Family of dead man ask court to rule against police and army

“Security services consider the lockdown a licence to use force and to punish civilians”

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News | 22 April 2020