“Coronavirus is the last thing to worry about while looking for gold deep inside a mine”

Informal miners say they are continuing operations amid lockdown

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News | 30 April 2020

Amendments to City of Cape Town by-law: are they constitutional?

Proposed amendments would allow officials to conduct search and seizure without a warrant

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Analysis | 30 April 2020

Sleepless nights for Empolweni homeless

After their shacks were demolished during the lockdown, families have been left in dire straits and at the mercy of criminals

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Brief | 30 April 2020

Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers

Hundreds of psychologists and psychiatrists are volunteering to offer support

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Opinion | 30 April 2020

Covid-19: Increase in social grants not good enough, say critics

Activists and academics say government’s grant increases are a “way of appearing generous while actually reducing the disaster relief budget”

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News | 29 April 2020

Uitenhage hospital staff down tools after patient tests positive for Covid-19

If there is no personal protective equipment, don’t resume any duties, says union

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Brief | 29 April 2020

Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town’s coast

Popular beaches are among 31 polluted sites, long-awaited water quality report shows

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News | 29 April 2020

Covid-19: Strandfontein site for homeless to be closed, says councillor

Email reveals plan to close it on Thursday

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News | 29 April 2020

Covid-19 prolongs Makhanda water crisis

Hundreds of millions budgeted for bulk water and sanitation projects to be shifted to emergency response plan

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News | 29 April 2020

Covid-19 grant: We can learn from Namibia

Emergency grant was paid out to hundreds of thousands within three weeks

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Analysis | 29 April 2020

Covid-19: Police watchdog investigation of first lockdown death reveals deep flaws

“How can they say that he just dropped dead?” asks his stepdaughter after witnesses describe how Petrus Miggels was beaten by police

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Feature | 29 April 2020

Covid-19: “At least something good came out of this lockdown” says settlement resident

Mandeni informal settlement got six toilets and running water after 10 years of waiting

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Brief | 28 April 2020

Conflict in Philippi over electricity connections

Men living in Ramaphosa informal settlement accused of attacking women in Victoria Mxenge community

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News | 28 April 2020

Hours after agreeing not to demolish shacks, eThekwini municipality sends in Land Invasion Unit

No demolitions, but residents of Khenana informal settlement say they were threatened and harassed

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News | 28 April 2020

Covid-19: Vhembe District village without clean water for three weeks

The municipality says tanks are delivering water to villages across the district

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Brief | 28 April 2020

Covid-19 Report 1: Understanding the most important science of the past week

We introduce a new occasional column to help make sense of the science

GroundUp and Spotlight staff

Covid-19 Report | 28 April 2020