President urges people to continue staying at home for the next 17 days
Multiple reports and videos are emerging of authorities abusing their power as they crack down on lockdown violations
Airports company, airlines on notice for mercy flights to evacuate foreigners from South Africa
After testing negative for Covid-19, 112 South Africans quarantined in Limpopo can now go home
The Motsepe family has called on corporations with financial means to exercise “ubuntu” by contributing money to assist the government to combat the spread of Covid-19
Despite “extreme sympathy”, court says it must uphold the law
The death comes after complaints of deplorable conditions at the quarantine center where she was housed
Bullets also fired indiscriminately at people in the inner city, homeless or not
Ramaphosa tells Parliament that the military deployment to curb Covid-19 will cost more than R600-million
With the country starting its 21-day lockdown, the health minister announced the first deaths on Friday morning
Tracing the close contacts of people who test positive for coronavirus disease is a delicate dance. Here’s why these health workers wait
for the cover of darkness to take action
With thousands of samples still waiting to be processed, labs are racing to ramp up testing to help the government gain a better idea of how prevalent Covid-19 really is
But only if draconian border closures are accompanied by effective public health interventions
Not everyone can get tested for the coronavirus. There are structures in place guiding health practitioners when it comes to screening patients for testing
Online interventions are most likely going to benefit the middle class and the rich and children from working-class families will lose out
Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies
Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach
Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap community was effectively sealed off from visitors more than
a week before the president’s announcement
Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections
The economic cluster of ministers has expanded on the measures announced by the president to cushion South Africa as it enters 21 days of lockdown
Relief for small businesses, tax breaks, employment incentives — Ramaphosa’s drastic measures to fight the effects of Covid-19
What it means for workers, students, shops, pensioners — all the details
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days but these services and businesses will be exempt
Read the full statement by President Ramaphosa on escalation of measures to combat Covid-19 epidemic
South Africa’s Covid-19 testing team has ramped tests up, with 3 500 conducted on Sunday alone
With Covid-19 halting air travel, labour unions have been told that lack of post-commencement funding and travel bans have forced airline to the point of no return
Operators must work together — if each network picks which sites to zero-rate, access to information will be determined by the colour of a person’s sim card
Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level
People who are self-isolating — the middle and upper class, especially — must take care not to endanger other lives in the process. We must all be human to the humans around us
Twenty-seven organisations have penned a letter to the presidency calling for evictions to be banned in an effort to protect vulnerable groups
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.