Single-use PPE, such as face masks and gloves, is hurting and killing wildlife and pets around the globe
Poet and writer Stanley Onjezani Kenani sets up initiative to raise funds to buy oxygen cylinders and pressure regulators after friend dies at country’s biggest hospital
Our Covid-19 Tender Tracker is monitoring payments awarded for PPE, and we need your help to maintain it.
The unrepentant, recalcitrant ANC secretary general thinks it’s okay for his and other wayward comrades’ kids to loot
The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this
This simple actuarial model uses general guidelines, rather than data and assumptions about Covid-19 specifically, to simulate the effect of safety protocols
Healthcare workers in the country are quitting because of assaults and inadequate PPE
Despite efforts to prepare for the worst, it is ‘very unlikely’ that hospitals will be able to cope with the onslaught of Covid-19 cases
Many schools are still not coronavirus ready for learners and teachers to return
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.
Personal protective equipment had not been delivered to all schools, some had not been cleaned and some provinces were still in a process of recruiting people who will be responsible for screening for Covid-19
A group of men wearing masks can be seen in cellphone images — but they are not physically distancing because of overcrowding in their cell
Evidence shows schools are not ready as the department pushes them to reopen in 10 days
Its government is far behind other provinces in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic
Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks
Sixteen people identified during mass testing in the Eastern Cape were first taken to a B&B before being taken to a hospital
The latest member of the benevolent billionaires club could learn from what his peers have done right — and wrong
Covid-19 has entered the police and corrective system, with the Eastern Cape hit hard
While teaching students during lockdown, institutions of higher learning are also using their expertise to make masks, develop vaccines and research labour abuses
A warder at a correctional facility has tested positive for Covid-19, sparking concerns about the effects of the pandemic on the whole system
Instead the labour court heard and then dismissed the case, with costs. Judge Benita Witcher will give reasons at a later stage
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union says it will instead meet Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
In an affidavit to the labour court, the health minister says National Health and Allied Workers Union did not check the facts on the ground
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