After Easter there was an uptick in domestic violence cases in the country. Shelters have lost income and social workers are having to field as many as 1000 calls a day from women who are now stuck at home with their abusive partners
The lockdown has seen fewer incidents of gang violence in some dangerous Cape Town areas, but the criminal underworld is still hard at work
The company is facing numerous difficulties including financial unsustainability and an unconcluded restructuring process
Ramaphosa missed the chance to get even more out of his big moment
With nearly 19 000 tanks needed for emergency water supply, the already broke water department is exhausting its future budget for crucial projects in areas already without water
Health workers on the front line in one of the poorest provinces are struggling with a shortage of protective equipment and accuse the health department of being unprepared for the pandemic
Maintenance division is first SAA subsidiary to declare hardship to staff as travel ban effects grow at the state-owned airline
To lessen the damage being wrought by the lockdown, the coronavirus budget mixed increased grants with more money for infrastructure and to keep businesses
The World Health Organisation continues to praise South Africa’s public-health response to the pandemic. That praise, however, will be long forgotten if we are not able to meet all our other challenges with the same alacrity
Sassa says grants to an extra six million people who lose jobs, on top of 18-million beneficiaries, means it can’t give as much to child support grants