Covid-19

Life was better in quarantine in luxury hotel

Dunoon residents who have recovered from Covid-19 return to informal settlement

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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”

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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

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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

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Opinion | 15 May 2020

Alarm over proposed changes to Meat Safety Act

Legislative amendments would include most animals as meat products

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News | 15 May 2020

Overcrowded Dunoon battles rising Covid-19 cases

No social distancing and health workers protest after colleagues test positive

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News | 15 May 2020

Planting veggies for the hard times ahead

Candy Mayfair of Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life

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Brief | 15 May 2020

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto

Spaza shop owner says ban on alcohol and tobacco has cost him R25,000

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News | 15 May 2020

Strandfontein closes but concern after former resident tests positive for Covid-19

Woman tests positive after leaving City camp for homeless residents

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News | 14 May 2020

How we are dealing with Covid-19 in care homes

We are doing our best in difficult circumstances but we need more assistance from the Department of Social Development

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Opinion | 14 May 2020

New policies clarify who must pay for Covid-19 tests

Some hospitals expect patients coming in for surgery or dialysis to pay for their own tests

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News | 14 May 2020

Union and nurses demand staff be isolated while awaiting Covid-19 test results

Health department appeals to Eastern Cape clinic staff to return to work

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Brief | 13 May 2020

Covid-19: Hundreds of social grant applicants turned away in East London

Scuffles break out as desperate people try to get to the front of the queue

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News | 13 May 2020

Covid-19: We asked government and experts to explain the controversial disaster regulations

We got no response from government, but most experts are scathing

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News | 13 May 2020

“Our pleas have fallen on deaf ears” say autism community

Mom with autistic son explains challenges navigating public spaces with him during the lockdown

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News | 13 May 2020