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Fires sweep through places such as schools, markets and homes and many of them do not adhere to safety protocols.
FIRE

Enforce occupational health and safety measures to minimise fires in the Great Lakes countries

Children in schools and homes, some of them for blind and autistic, are dying and injured in fires, and property is destroyed in market places

  • Robert Kigongo
3 min read
According to the Department of Basic Education’s audit, about 3 898 schools across the country were reported to have inappropriate sanitation. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Pit latrine drownings are harsh indictment of Ramaphosa

The failure of the president’s SAFE programme and the re-occurrence of pit latrine drownings continue to cast a harsh spotlight on the ANC government

  • Naledi Ramontja
4 min read
Gauteng’s top police brass are leading an operation near the Goudkoppies landfill site where bodies have been piling up, with nine murders in the past two weeks
ELDORADO PARK

Nine dead: Police descend on lawless ‘Lapland’ at Goudkoppies landfill

The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
Balancing act: Protocols for voters include bringing your own pen, sanitising and wearing a mask. The Constitution says that local government elections must be held by November. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ANC

Pandemic vote: What will the local government elections look like?

Everything you need to know about South Africa’s options for holding municipal polls — and the dangers we face.

  • Luke Feltham
11 min read
The site where Tshiamo Hleza died
CHILDREN

Construction sites are a ‘death trap’

Four children died at Pretoria sites in just two weeks, but companies deny they’re to blame

  • Bongekile Macupe
6 min read
Giwusa’s accusation against L’Oréal comes in the wake of the level-three reopening of the economy, which will send millions of workers back to work — increasing the chance of Covid-19 spreading in workplaces. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE

L’Oréal workers demand a shutdown of local plant, citing Covid-19 exposure

The French cosmetics company’s Midrand plant has recorded 16 Covid-19 cases in two weeks

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read