The National Health Laboratory Services finally admitted to a bottleneck last week, after denying there were any issues since April. According to the service, the backlog of 80 000 tests started in the first week of May
Protests by local suppliers have delayed PPE delivery, which according to the DBE, is one of the reasons the reopening of schools has been pushed back until June 8
Officials in Beaufort West, which is on a route that links the Cape with the rest of the country, are worried relaxed lockdown regulations mean residents are now at risk of contracting Covid-19
Staff at Tygerberg hospital detail how, despite their fear of the coronavirus, they continue to help in the medical response to the pandemic
President Cyril Ramaphosa notes that the behaviour of citizens during level 3 will determine the fate of the nation
What is most crucial is that the department of education communicates a clear and concise message to parents and caregivers to avoid unnecessary panic and further confusion
A move to level three lockdown for the province may become a battle between the Democratic Alliance, and the provincial opposition, the ANC
Workers in the agricultural and agri-business heartland – and Covid-19 hotspot – fear catching the disease but need the income; stigma stalks the sick; and younger people ignore the virus
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
Ordinary citizens have not forgotten that schools were failing before the virus crisis
Some learners have taken the decision to drop out because they fear catching the coronavirus and have no faith that they will do well in their studies
Heather Van Harte, who runs a small catering business, is changing her cooking habits during the lockdown, and has plans to start a food garden
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
After Easter there was an uptick in domestic violence cases in the country. Shelters have lost income and social workers are having to field as many as 1000 calls a day from women who are now stuck at home with their abusive partners
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 has entered the police and corrective system, with the Eastern Cape hit hard
In pushing for differences in how Covid-19 regulations are applied, such as with the proposed sale of cigarettes, the Western Cape provincial government is testing national lockdown law
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
Some “unintended consequences” dealt with and minister warns Western Cape on cigarettes
As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19
The department of health noted in its statement on March 19 that recoveries in previously reported cases were beginning to emerge. (John McCann/M&G)
Justice minister embarks on parole reform after recent murders of two Western Cape children allegedly by parolees
There has been an effort by the state to expand the TVET college sector. But the reality is that the systems at many of these colleges are simply not working
Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion in the city
Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy
The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim provincial leadership committee meeting last weekend, the party said it is willing to discuss the matter, and raise it with the party’s national leadership. […]
But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented
The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change
The financial scheme assisting those in higher learning institutions says it is ready for the year ahead, but many don’t know that they qualify
Newly appointed provincial commissioner Yolisa Matakata says she will urgently deal with the skewed distribution of policing resources in the province
Decade long battle over Philippi farmland comes to a head as campaigners say development would destroy the sensitive agricultural area
Smith said the motion against him doesn’t have anything to do with issues playing out in the party’s leadership, but over disagreements in the Cape DA