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Special Investigating Unit probes Covid-19 tenderpreneurs

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 8 Aug 2020

The SIU is investigating 102 companies doing business with the provincial government in Gauteng alone

What if Ramaphosa gets sick?

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 18 Jul 2020

Senior South African politicians have not been spared the coronavirus. What happens if the head of state is not well enough to be at his desk?

Toxic dust from an abandoned mine coupled with Covid-19 is a tinderbox

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 9 Jul 2020

Covid-19 is not the first health crisis to plague Snake Park. For decades the residents have lived with the mine, which they say blows clouds of dust into their homes

‘We spread the virus knowingly at this hospital’ ― healthcare workers at Thelle Mogoerane

Coronavirus Chris Gilili - 19 Jun 2020

Doctors at one of the biggest provincial hospitals in Gauteng say they are being forced to attend to patients without PPE, as the number of healthcare workers infected increases

The corruption virus weakens public trust in the government

Coronavirus Solomon Makgale - 7 Jun 2020

While fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, graft and mismanagement continues unabated, leaving civil society bewildered and angry

Battle for control of the City of Tshwane is back on

Politics Nation Nyoka - 18 May 2020

The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services

‘Over-preparing’ to fight the virus

Business Sarah Smit - 7 May 2020

Gauteng infrastructure MEC Tasneem Motara’s life has changed. It is calmer, but preparing for a flood of Covid-19 patients raises the pressure

High court overturns decision to place Tshwane metro council under administration

Article Paddy Harper - 29 Apr 2020

Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends

Jail the thugs who burn, rob and vandalise schools

Article Bongekile Macupe - 16 Apr 2020

Gauteng Premier David Makhura tweeted this week that 41 suspects linked to the burning and burglary of schools in the province have been arrested

Fighting Covid-19: The rise of the premiers

Article Lester Kiewit - 16 Apr 2020

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

Covid-19 disrupts government in SA

Article Selloane Khalane - 22 Mar 2020

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

Covid-19: Are we at a disadvantage compared to China and Singapore?

Article David Bruce - 20 Mar 2020

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

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Gauteng uses tragedy to fix services

Article Sarah Smit - 19 Mar 2020

In addition to other measures, the province’s response the outbreak of the coronavirus will be to ‘sort out’ the public healthcare system

M&G’s latest Covid-19 projections

Article M&G Data Desk, Athandiwe Saba & Sipho Kings - 19 Mar 2020

Covid-19 numbers are prompting disaster declarations and dramatic action across South Africa this week. All steps should be directed by numbers

Jo’burg’s public transport systems not ready yet for coronavirus

Article Dennis Webster - 18 Mar 2020

Early studies suggest that the Covid-19 can survive up to three days in droplets that are coughed or sneezed on to surfaces

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