Covid-19

Covid-19: School bodies halt plan to house Gauteng’s homeless

The department says 30 schools with hostels would be used as shelters

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Brief | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: Are agricultural workers being protected?

Labour Department warns companies to comply or face closure

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News | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: A busker without an audience

Lockdown has hit informal sector workers hard

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Video | 1 April 2020

Covid-19: PE taxis impounded in wildcat strike

Taxi operators demand compensation for reduced income, others massively hike fares

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News | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: “We can’t stay inside when we have no toilets”

Lockdown meaningless in Dunoon informal settlements

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News | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: “People thought it was a normal holiday” says Boland community activist

Daily challenges, such as access to water, just got bigger in rural Western Cape

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News | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: What happens after the lockdown?

The epidemic won’t disappear by 17 April. We have merely bought three weeks breathing space to plan for the future

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Opinion | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: Police arrest shopkeeper for trading without a permit

Shop was selling food and is exempt under disaster regulations

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Brief | 31 March 2020

Covid-19: Premier Mabuyane witnesses huge queues for social grants

“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”

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Brief | 30 March 2020

Covid-19: Busy roads, long queues and children playing in the streets of Port Elizabeth

Pensioners queue among mass of shoppers to collect social grants

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Brief | 30 March 2020

Covid-19: eThekwini accused of defying ban on evictions

All evictions suspended by government

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News | 30 March 2020

Covid-19: 76 economists say government can do more to protect the economy

Open letter to President Ramaphosa and the Cabinet from South African economists, economic and business analysts

Opinion | 30 March 2020

How many people could die of Covid-19 in South Africa?

Researchers estimate deaths based on Chinese and Italian data. But we can take action to stop the worst outcomes

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Science | 29 March 2020

Covid-19: Homeless people in Muizenberg are afraid and anxious

“No one has talked to us about the virus. We don’t know what it can do to us. All we know is that you must wash your hands.”

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Brief | 27 March 2020

In photos: Day one of lockdown

Soldiers and police patrol streets asking residents to stay at home

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Photo Essay | 27 March 2020