The global pandemic has highlighted the importance of national health insurance, mandatory sick leave and unemployment benefits
Read the full statement by President Ramaphosa on escalation of measures to combat Covid-19 epidemic
Earlier on Sunday, the president met with ministers and business about the impact of Covid-19 on the country
The government has put stringent measures in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and the National Assembly, provincial outreach programmes and municipalities have had to comply
One week after declaring a national state of disaster, President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation over the outbreak of Covid-19
Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups
South Africans are economically stressed and will quickly find ways to circumvent restrictions. Without social mobilisation we won’t be able to ensure the compliance that other countries have been able to enforce
With the disease hitting the airline industry hard, SAA has told employees it will run out of money by March 31. Workers must either lose their jobs or move to part-time jobs, it says
Covid-19 seems to have resulted in a drop in carbon emissions, but this is at a terrible cost to life and the economy. It is unlikely to last.
How we respond will determine how well we, and other people around us, survive the current crisis