‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health
Measures include key digital innovations, including zero-rated channels and free peer-to-peer payments
The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order
Read the amended national lockdown regulations
While the president takes charge of the national effort against Covid-19, provincial premiers are using the crisis to show they too a leading from the front
A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Ronald Lamola will brief the nation on regulations pertaining to the extension of the lockdown
As Covid-19 upends life, it has taught us critical lessons and offers an opening to confront other crises. Political will is required, of course
The City’s Covid-19 homeless site has been criticised for being inadequate to shelter the most vulnerable from the Coronavirus storm, while drug addicts say they’re being left to suffer due to inadequate medical attention
The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them