Photo Essay | Capetonians come together to feed the hungry
During the government’s Covid-19 lockdown, four Western Cape communities have found ways to provide food for the hungry through collective volunteer action.
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Covid-19 Roundup | Courts and crime
As South Africa braces itself for winter and lockdown at level three, courts see an influx of urgent applications, school return dates are fiercely debated and police brutality remains under scrutiny.
Photo Essay | Joburg inner-city struggles
Migrants living in Johannesburg’s inner city have been hard hit by the Covid-19 lockdown, which has made their struggle for survival even more difficult than it already was.
Back to the drawing board for lockdown rules
In declaring some of the lockdown regulations unconstitutional and irrational, the court has ruled that the government needs to follow a more human-centred approach.
Abuse shelters discriminate against women
Gender-based violence shelters need to provide immediate assistance to victims and survivors of violence instead of employing lockdown policies amounting to indirect discrimination.
Only 488 artists who applied for relief were paid
A small percentage of the over 5 000 applicants received money from the Covid-19 fund for entertainers. Many creative workers face destitution before venues reopen in 2021.
Protecting healthcare workers ‘not rocket science’
An investigation into the first major outbreak of Covid-19, at a Durban hospital, shows that staff members spread the virus, raising concerns about the safety of healthcare workers as infections rise.
Zimbabweans struggle as remittance lifeline shrinks
The Covid-19 lockdown has compounded the hardships faced by many Zimbabweans in their own country as well as those in South Africa who keep trying to help their families from afar.
If you don’t feel for humanity, you’ve forgotten to be human
As the coronavirus continues its contagious march, socialist parts of the world are clearly making superior advancements despite economic poverty. This is because they are taking the science seriously.
Joburg’s three golden hours
Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them.
Has the 2010 football sponsorship bubble burst?
The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated sport and the economies built around it. The effects will be felt for years to come, so what will South African football look like after this?
Angie Motshekga’s hard line on pupils returning
Parents who want to keep their children at home until after the coronavirus has peaked face a stark choice: these pupils must either return to class or deregister from their school.
All workers can now benefit from UIF relief scheme
Distressed workers not registered with the UIF can now apply for special Covid-19 relief benefits, and they no longer have to depend on their employers to do it on their behalf.
In Pictures | Shifting Fronts
New Frame photojournalists document the last days of lockdown at level four as South Africa prepares to resume schooling, economic activity and religious gatherings from June.
South Africa faces a stark political choice
As the intersecting health and economic crises deepen, the country will have to choose between a politics rooted in social solidarity and a politics rooted in exclusion and containment.
Covid-19 Roundup | Level three brings new challenges
Lockdown regulations are easing across South Africa, heralding a rise in the movement of people as schools and businesses reopen and the labour force gets back to work. Infections are expected to spike.
Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late
Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.
Black and minority health workers at higher risk in the UK
In the UK Covid-19 is proving more deadly for black, Asian and other minority health workers.
Covid-19 deepens the crisis in war-torn Yemen
The coronavirus outbreak has left millions at the mercy of the country’s warring factions, which will not stop fighting, despite an escalating humanitarian emergency.
What happened to the Covid-19 special grant?
The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start.
Food aid parcels not nutritionally balanced
Though the government food parcels contain more than enough carbohydrates, fats and sugar, they lack the vitamins that come from dairy and fresh vegetables.