How Covid-19 is impacting on public transport
Most people in South Africa rely on public transport and the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown regulations have exacerbated an already overcrowded and run-down system.
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Covid-19 Roundup | Evictions and raids
As the court finds raids in inner-city Joburg unconstitutional, the City of Cape Town has again violated the lockdown eviction moratorium, beating a naked man and destroying his shack.
Is SA’s IMF loan about economics or politics?
Approaching the international lender for a loan is questionable and dangerous considering its chequered past and insufficient resources to finance a Covid-19 stimulus and recovery.
Covid-19 adds to coffee’s brewing crisis
Smallholder coffee farmers around the world were already battling tough conditions such as poverty and drought when the coronavirus pandemic struck and worsened their situation.
LGBTQIA+ Covid-funds project rooted in community
Multiple organisations have come together to raise funds to help LGBTQIA+ migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who have been shunned by the state during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pietermaritzburg prisoners fear Covid-19
Inmates serving lengthy sentences for serious and violent crimes say basic regulations to combat the spread of the coronavirus are being flouted, putting their lives at risk.
Austerity to trigger worst depression in a century
Government plans to pull the economy out of crisis will worsen our abysmal employment figures and plunge us into crippling levels of debt.
Superspreaders: Why Covid-19 is difficult to curb
Asymptomatic patients who infect large numbers of people derail government efforts to flatten the curve. For those without resources, preventative measures are impractical.
In Pictures | Making a stand
New Frame photojournalists witness a lockdown funeral, the demolition of a home, rising solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the careful return of worship in places of faith.
Slow rollout undermines Covid-19 social grant
Tito Mboweni’s special adjustment budget shows that the slow implementation of the new grant to alleviate the economic impact of the lockdown has resulted in a decrease in available funds.
Covid-19 Roundup | Unemployment and a vaccine
Unemployment reaches almost 40% as retrenchments escalate. Meanwhile, the first Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa start in Johannesburg.
Covid-19 shows Italy’s lack of Muslim burial spaces
More than 34 000 people have died from Covid-19 in Italy, which has struggled to find burial space. Muslims have suffered the most in being able to lay loved ones properly to rest.
Returning athletes face health and safety concerns
Sport has been gradually returning to action in some parts of the world. Without fans, it is not the same. However, there is more to be worried about than the threat of the virus.
Eastern Cape healthcare woes worsen
The province with the second highest number of deaths related to Covid-19 has been experiencing numerous challenges while fighting the pandemic, and they don’t seem about to abate.
What’s plan B? Capitalism hasn’t thought that far
Communism, as implemented by Stalin and Mao, didn’t deliver what it promised and Covid-19 has exposed hyper-globalised capitalism as fatally fragile. So, now what?
Workers hit hard in level three lockdown
Both private and public sector workers continue to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 lockdown, despite eased restrictions and some industries opening.
Covid-19 Roundup | Breakthroughs and shut downs
In the same week lockdown restrictions are eased and an effective Covid-19 drug is hailed by the medical fraternity, one municipality buckles under the weight of infections.
The unlikely story of Khayelitsha’s field hospital
Three people who found themselves marooned in Cape Town used their time and expertise to play key roles in setting up a 60-bed medical facility for Covid-19 patients in Khayelitsha.
Eastern Cape nurses face Covid-19 stigma
Healthcare workers in one of the most affected provinces in the country are fighting two wars: the battle to get protective equipment and ostracisation by their communities.
Amangwane High, a beacon of hope during the pandemic
A rural high school in Bergville has shown that through sound leadership and working with the community, it is possible to safely resume learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The digital learning divide
A lack of access to data and hardware means impoverished students are once again at a major disadvantage as teaching moves online during the Covid-19 lockdown.