The university says it has to take the precautionary measures because 26 students have tested positive on its East London campus
The spate of arrests for corruption continues apace in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.
Fort Hare says 26 more students have tested positive while Walter Sisulu University says some of its students have been admitted to hospital.
The 30 students, who went to a bash at a tavern in East London, were not wearing masks, did not sanitise their hands nor keep to social distancing regulations.
When the hard lockdowns kicked in it was discovered that 3 000 schools didn’t have an adequate water supply. But this is not a new problem
ANC factions in several provinces are failing to abide by the dictates of the NEC’s decision that leaders who face corruption charges step aside from state and party posts
The politically connected Nelani family is suspected of thwarting a couple’s decade-long attempt to formalise the lease for the state-owned land they have farmed productively for 31 years
The ruling party faces severe criticism over its reluctance to deal with leaders who are facing investigations, and its NEC is accused of selective morality
More than R10-billion has been spent on PPE. But healthcare workers say they are not getting enough masks and other gear to keep them safe from Covid-19. Sarah Smit, Paddy Harper and the M&G Data Desk dug into the numbers
The Sexual Offences Act criminalises sex with a person under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 18
Many government officials have been talking tough about dealing with rampant corruption in PPE procurement but the majority won’t even release names of who has benefited from the R10-billion spend
Some affluent institutions have already finished the first semester online, but historically disadvantaged universities like Walter Sisulu University are having to start from scratch
The academic year will extend into 2021 in a ‘deliberately cautious approach’ as president confirms South Africa has world’s fifth-highest Covid-19 infection tally
The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing us to respond to issues that were around before Covid-19, including at schools in poor areas
The coronavirus has hit the Eastern Cape hard, but many rural areas in the province still have no clean water for hand washing, forcing residents to break lockdown regulations to protest
Despite the destructive system created by politicians and corporations, we can show the power of community and humanity
The province says the increase in Covid-19 cases has made it re-evaluate some decisions
Only grades six, 11 and R will return to school as expected, with the rest to be phased in later in the month
Four affected schools have remained closed because they don’t meet the Covid-19 regulations, due in part, to the defacement caused
Aviwe Wellem’s violent death shook a village in the Eastern Cape, but the DNA results are still not back and no one has been arrested.
Covid-19 has become a reality for the people living in Bongekile Macupe’s village in the Eastern Cape
President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men’
Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
Premier Zamani Saul blames the doubling of Covid-19 case numbers a week after level three restrictions were implemented – on people travelling from neighbouring provinces
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
After a week’s delay, the basic education minister said the majority of schools are ready to open, but added that ‘the golden rule is, there will be no school that will resume, if not ready to do so’
Many schools are still not coronavirus ready for learners and teachers to return
A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus
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
With the shift to lockdown level three on Monday, details are emerging of how the previous relaxation added pressure to the already poorly performing Eastern Cape Covid-19 response