eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep
Many schools are still not coronavirus ready for learners and teachers to return
Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years
Despite a court-ordered deadline for the completion of the internal investigation, no explanation is given for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s contradictory positions
The Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak
The Cape Town institution, which has traded from the same location for 200 years, has been forced from its premises because of being unable to sell tobacco during the lockdown
The high court ruling will delight gatvol South Africans but is unlikely to stand the test of time
The National Health Laboratory Services finally admitted to a bottleneck last week, after denying there were any issues since April. According to the service, the backlog of 80 000 tests started in the first week of May
The Covid-19 pandemic provides a chance to reflect on, reimagine and reset the global economic system
The sale of alcohol was banned during levels 5 and 4 of the lockdown but other African governments have struggled to enforce this restriction
The scheme uses an army of 25 000 tracers to contact people who may have been exposed to the virus
A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus
Knowing the learners and teachers and what they need is essential to reform in the school system
Protocols have now been established for school educators who are aged 60 and above and for those with comorbidities
And only two of the country’s five vice-presidents have not had the virus
The order of unconstitutionality has been suspended for two weeks
Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them
The French cosmetics company’s Midrand plant has recorded 16 Covid-19 cases in two weeks
Without protective equipment, schools in uMlazi, Pinetown and Zululand won’t meet the already delayed deadline for reopening
Low and no-income people are the hardest hit by Covid-19. Isolation is near impossible in places like townships. Rather lift them out of poverty
SANDF has been trained and equipped for precisely the opposite of what President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked of it – to save lives. Its purpose is to defend the country and its people against physical, external enemies – by killing such enemies if need be
Protests by local suppliers have delayed PPE delivery, which according to the DBE, is one of the reasons the reopening of schools has been pushed back until June 8
Police violence and the murder of black people in the United States have provoked outrage and protest around the world, including on the continent. But, why is there so little outrage over police violence in African countries?
In East Africa, truck drivers are being attacked, robbed and used as diplomatic footballs
The department of basic education has developed guidelines to assist schools with minimising the spread of the coronavirus
Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.
Organisations need to collaborate and connect in order to take the lead
A response to the coronavirus pandemic is paving the way to ensure people get the attention they deserve and hold government to account
Even those schools with online structures in place were not prepared for the emotional and cognitive demands this approach brings
Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages
With more resources than other provinces, health workers in Gauteng still say they do not have enough protective equipment to ensure safety when working with Covid-19 patients
Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days