
Gauteng health workers struggling in second wave
Health workers and undertakers in Gauteng are now feeling the strain of the second wave of Covid-19 as the numbers of patients entering hospitals and those dying keep rising.
Health workers and undertakers in Gauteng are now feeling the strain of the second wave of Covid-19 as the numbers of patients entering hospitals and those dying keep rising.
Joseph Woensdrecht was one of the security police officers who interrogated activist Neil Aggett in his final days, but says he had nothing to do with his death.
Pickers stop South Africa from drowning in its own garbage, rescuing tons of recycling from landfills full to bursting. Nonetheless, they endure stigma, neglect and exploitation.
From health centres to crematoriums, the province is struggling to keep up with the logistics of death.
The president of Uganda bagged his sixth term after an election outcome that has been widely regarded as unsurprising, but citizens are already asking who will take over from him.
The testimony and cross-examination of apartheid-era police who interrogated activist Neil Aggett reveals the mindset of the feared Security Branch officers who covered up his death.
The messaging application’s updated privacy policy has users crying foul and jumping ship. But they are just telling you what they have already been doing.
Shortages in personnel and protective equipment have left nurses and support workers in clinics at risk of contracting the virus, and so crippling hospitals in the province.
A horrific accident caused by a malfunctioning machine has left a young factory worker distraught, in pain and without hope for the future. His colleagues, too, are traumatised.
As the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett picks up again, his sister Jill Burger admits to having to adjust her expectations of the outcome.
The City of Cape Town says it has no budget for relief efforts after a New Year’s Day blaze in Khayelitsha’s Taiwan shack settlement left about 500 people homeless.
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal.
The country has been moving steadily towards more securitised and militarised borders, further endangering those desperate to move to South Africa, but without addressing the real problems.
It could be a landmark election because of its potential impact on East Africa as well as the possibility of a youthful candidate taking over from a president who has been in power for 35 years.
Many labourers in the Sundays River Valley have never seen a cent after suffering debilitating pain and even disability from accidents while at work. A non-profit trust wants to change this.
Workers in the healthcare and funeral industries continue to face life-threatening situations even as the number of coronavirus infections in the Eastern Cape is dropping.
Throngs wait for days to cross the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa as street vendors sell food, water and access to ablutions to desperate travellers.
The health regulatory authority has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat Covid-19, despite calls on the government to approve its use, as there is no data to support its effectiveness.
The Western Cape Education Department is accused of flouting regulations in awarding contracts after giving prospective bidders hardly any time to prepare their applications.
Authorities in the South Asian country are relocating the persecuted community to an island settlement that is deemed dangerous and unsuitable for human life.
Environmental activists and residents in South Durban have long been asking for stricter environmental policies to clear the polluted air they breathe every day.