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Volunteers on the Covid frontline

Health Lucas Ledwaba - 20 Feb 2021

Community healthcare workers are at the coalface in the battle against Covid-19 – and by offering primary healthcare to the poor – but they can barely afford to replace their well-worn shoes

Vandals and storms damage schools, says education department

Education Bongekile Macupe - 15 Feb 2021

Learners will be moved to other schools and into mobile classrooms

SIU to beef up security after investigators threatened during PPE probe

Coronavirus Chris Gilili - 10 Feb 2021

The Special Investigating Unit found that companies were awarded tenders despite not qualifying for the contracts.

Déjà vu as time runs out for schools to get PPE

Education Bongekile Macupe - 7 Feb 2021

The scenes from last year, when learners finally returned to school after the hard lockdown, are about to play themselves out again

Inside George Mukhari hospital’s second wave

Coronavirus Bhekisisa Team & James Oatway - 22 Jan 2021

The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism and James Oatway visited George Mukhari academic hospital to document the second-wave realities experienced by doctors and nurses

We are staying on adjusted level three — Ramaphosa

National Khaya Koko - 11 Jan 2021

Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’

PPE ‘proxy’ contract cancelled

National Sarah Smit - 10 Dec 2020

The tender linked to Ramaphosa’s presidency has been cancelled by the special corruption court

Social partners at Nedlac agree to help to turn Eskom around

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 8 Dec 2020

The government’s partners at Nedlac have signed a social impact agreement to support the power utility, with a particularly focus on assisting it in accessing new capital to reduce its debt

‘Lost’ PPE: Morar a ‘player and ref’

National Paddy Harper - 18 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar, the auditor who supplied the KZN education department with sanitisers has also been tasked with investigating the “disappearance” of millions of rands worth of PPE

The quiet front line battle of South Africa’s rural nurses

Health Kim Harrisberg & Gulshan Khan - 14 Oct 2020

The focus may have been on urban nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic, but those in rural areas suffer similar fates. However, very little is known about how they have been able to cope

Well-connected accountant coins it

National Paddy Harper - 11 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar’s extensive links with government are deep and lucrative: a 300% ballooning tender; the nod for an ambassador’s post from ANC secretary general Ace Magashule; seats on the boards of a multitude of public entities and now a questionable PPE tender

Testing sewage: The Covid canary in our wastewater

Coronavirus Elna Schütz - 4 Oct 2020

Local scientists are using wastewater-based epidemiology to trace the SARS-CoV-2 virus in South Africa’s sewage system, which could act as an early warning system for outbreaks of Covid-19, as well as other diseases

Level one loading: Almost back to normal

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit, Paddy Harper, Sarah Smit & Thando Maeko - 16 Sep 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and socialising

Calls to cap Eskom tariff increases

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 30 Aug 2020

The national energy regulator has been accused of not following its mandate to protect consumers by allowing above inflation electricity price hikes

PPE scandal takes the bread out of SMEs’ mouths

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 27 Aug 2020

The Special Investigating Unit is probing contracts worth more than R5-billion, over corruption allegations regarding the procurement of goods and services needed for the government’s Covid-19 response

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Volunteers on the Covid frontline

Vandals and storms damage schools, says education department

SIU to beef up security after investigators threatened during PPE probe

Déjà vu as time runs out for schools to get PPE

Inside George Mukhari hospital’s second wave

We are staying on adjusted level three — Ramaphosa

PPE ‘proxy’ contract cancelled

Social partners at Nedlac agree to help to turn Eskom around

‘Lost’ PPE: Morar a ‘player and ref’

The quiet front line battle of South Africa’s rural nurses

Well-connected accountant coins it

Testing sewage: The Covid canary in our wastewater

Level one loading: Almost back to normal

Calls to cap Eskom tariff increases

PPE scandal takes the bread out of SMEs’ mouths

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