Covid-19

Covid-19: Slain Alex man’s case highlights failures of police and army watchdogs

Many allegations that accountability has got worse during lockdown

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Analysis | 6 May 2020

Covid-19: “Gugulethu 7” backyarders say they’ve been abandoned

“We have received no food parcels, masks, gloves or even sanitisers”

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News | 6 May 2020

How women’s shelters are coping with lockdown

“We couldn’t handle each other” in a small home

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News | 5 May 2020

Why the court ruled that the ban on religious gatherings is not unconstitutional

Under the regulations, every religious denomination is prevented from praying in congregation

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Law | 5 May 2020

Tobacco companies go to court to challenge regulations

Attorney says cigarette ban “is self-evidently irrational”

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Law | 4 May 2020

Langa hostel residents say social distancing is not an option

City does not have money to upgrade hostel this financial year

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News | 4 May 2020

Covid-19 Report 2: Questions that don’t yet have answers

Modest benefit for new drug and useful data from the NICD

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Covid-19 Report | 4 May 2020

Covid-19: Clinic staff in two-week quarantine after nurse tests positive

Oqaqeni Clinic in Maphumulo, northern KwaZulu-Natal remains closed

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Brief | 4 May 2020

“Thanks to the generous donors my kitchen is full of food” says Tsakane resident

Couple urges community to make donations for families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

Covid-19: Private hospitals close doors after staff test positive

Closing hospitals is “last resort”

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News | 4 May 2020

Covid-19: Uitenhage settlement gets water three weeks after protest

Local councillor donates food to families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

Covid-19: City of Cape Town rebuffs SAMWU claims of 9 officers testing positive

Two officers who tested positive had no contact with homeless people at Strandfontein camp

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Brief | 2 May 2020

Covid-19 concerns at homeless camp after officers test positive

Up to a week after being tested, dozens of people staying at the City of Cape Town’s Strandontein camp don’t have their results

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News | 1 May 2020

Details of two additional alleged lockdown killings by police revealed

Police were accused of killing five people during the enforcement of the first three weeks of Covid-19 lockdown

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News | 30 April 2020

I am a TVET lecturer. Here are suggestions for helping teachers and learners during Covid-19

Improving access to online technology is vital

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Opinion | 30 April 2020

Covid-19: How Wolwerivier is coping with lockdown

Children have learnt to stand apart as they wait for their meals

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Video | 30 April 2020