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
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
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
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
Last week the basic education minister was adamant that teachers will return to school on May 25, but some provinces say not all Covid-19 measures are in place to prevent its spread
The lockdown has prevented public consultations and parliamentary committee meetings on the commercial use of marijuana and hemp
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
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
Ordinary citizens have not forgotten that schools were failing before the virus crisis
We summarise the legal battles fought to improve the quality of education in South Africa.
Its government is far behind other provinces in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic
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
200 Cubans are flying to South Africa to help the defence force and health department respond to the pandemic
Sixteen people identified during mass testing in the Eastern Cape were first taken to a B&B before being taken to a hospital
Gauteng Premier David Makhura tweeted this week that 41 suspects linked to the burning and burglary of schools in the province have been arrested
‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health
Covid-19 has entered the police and corrective system, with the Eastern Cape hit hard
From church services over WhatsApp to eating with family and listening to chilled music over Instagram, South Africa is going to have a very different long weekend, grounded in sharing and caring
This lockdown will hurt my family in the stomach. We will suffer for this whole period. I don’t even know what I will do when my wife gives birth in the next two weeks
In one part of the rural Eastern Cape, some people say they are continuing with life as normal; others did not hear or watch the president’s lockdown announcement because they had no electricity
Confusion about who should check a vessel meant to pick up 60 000 sheep has exposed fissures in the Covid-19 regulations