Street traders are central to food security in Johannesburg. But since being declared an essential service under lockdown, street trade in South Africa’s biggest city has returned to uneven ground
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
People are handing over their pets to shelters, but they too are battling financially
Lockdown easing will happen and so will the increase in positive cases. This balancing act will require rapid returns to stringent measures to protect thousands of lives
We should demand a culture of justification from our democratic government. Otherwise we are allowing ourselves to be subjects rather than citizens
The City of Cape Town is being accused of negligence as it closes the Strandfontein safety camp without testing all the people who leave
Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown have continued to tear through profits in the taxi industry, requiring the sector to formulate a new approach for how it operates, even beyond the pandemic
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the director general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, is up for the challenge
Compelled to make a difference during the Covid-19 pandemic, an IT consultant is now helping to keep essential services workers healthy
The Covid-19 pandemic prevented me from leaving London to be at my father’s funeral in Uganda and perform the rites. Instead, I attended it online
In less than a week, 16 000 Somalis called into the government’s new coronavirus hotline. Dr Jihan Ali works there, advising callers and collecting and providing data to colleagues
In court papers, the family says the investigations into the death of Collins Khosa are neither impartial nor effective
The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease
What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum
Sassa is keen to try out online registration to process applications for the Covid-19 relief grant, but NGOs are wary because not all intended beneficiaries are able to access data
With schools set to reopen as the lockdown eases, teachers say too few classrooms, dodgy toilets and inadequate water make it difficult to teach safely
More than 120 South Africans were repatriated last week, and those still waiting to get home are running out of money
Even where the case is a strong one, direct access to the highest court is a route only in truly exceptional circumstances
The Western Cape has become the epicentre of the outbreak, and the tardy response of health officials in the Eastern Cape has Minister Zweli Mkhize worried but optimistic
We need to be free from gross inequalities and have a responsibility to change this through compassion, justice and sacrifice
The easing of SA’s lockdown means more than 40% of the workforce will be back at work, but if Covid-19 cases go up the lockdown will intensify again
200 Cubans are flying to South Africa to help the defence force and health department respond to the pandemic
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has outlined the fiscal and monetary policy interventions implemented by the government in its fight against Covid-19
To lessen the damage being wrought by the lockdown, the coronavirus budget mixed increased grants with more money for infrastructure and to keep businesses
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
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
Racist and derogatory videos are causing incalculable damage to China’s image in Africa, but this is unlikely to change the relationship
Leaders need to grapple with the wicked problem of how to ease out
of the lockdown
The department of international relations announced that 93 South Africans have been repatriated. But others are still waiting to get back home
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
President announces an ‘extraordinary coronavirus budget’ with R20-billion for healthcare and spending on the pandemic equal to 10% of national GDP
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government’s long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a stimulus without ‘selling’ the country.