Covid-19

How to keep safe in supermarkets, schools and on public transport

Advice on how to reduce your risk and those around you of contracting Covid-19

Marc Mendelson, Shaheen Mehtar, Shabir Madhi and Nathan Geffen

Information | 29 May 2020

Covid-19: What if you get sick? Advice on how to plan for it

While most people will get mild symptoms only, it is important to plan

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Information | 29 May 2020

Covid-19: Some judges refuse to use their own computers during lockdown

Chair of the General Council of the Bar writes to the Chief Justice

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News | 28 May 2020

Covid-19: Teachers refuse to return to work after one tests positive

SADTU supports protesters at Enkululekweni Primary School in Cape Town

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Brief | 28 May 2020

Covid-19: court to rule on reclaimers’ right to work

Lockdown directive unconstitutional, argues Lawyers for Human Rights

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News | 28 May 2020

Covid-19 Report 5: Spike in Cape Town natural deaths

Vaccine makes it through first hurdle, setback for antibody tests, and much more in our latest issue

GroundUp and Spotlight staff

Covid-19 Report | 27 May 2020

“My business will never be the same again” says Duduza spaza shop owner

Ward councillor urges all business owners in need of help to apply for assistance

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News | 27 May 2020

Workers whose employers did not register them for UIF can now apply for funding

Amendment to regulations seen as a victory for domestic and farm workers

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News | 27 May 2020

Covid-19: Informal traders quietly defy ban on door-to-door selling

“I can’t sit at home while my family is starving”

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News | 27 May 2020

Low-income families are spending more on food since March, says report

“We have to accept that we now face a massive hunger crisis”

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News | 26 May 2020

SASSA applicants brave cold and rain to queue for help

SASSA says it’s only accepting online applications for the Covid-19 Relief Grant

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News | 26 May 2020

Covid-19: Whatever unfolds in our prisons will affect all of us

The release of 19,000 low-risk inmates is a bold and necessary step to save lives

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Opinion | 26 May 2020

Strandfontein homeless site closes

City says Culemborg site will accommodate 96 of the estimated 180 homeless people now living under the overpass

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Brief | 25 May 2020

Court challenge to government’s “peanut butter sandwich ban”

Lockdown regulations stop or intimidate charities’ food handouts

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Law | 25 May 2020

Doctors and nurses down tools at Eastern Cape hospital

“People are dealing with blood. They cannot work without gloves.”

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Brief | 22 May 2020