Covid-19 Roundup | Food and water shortages
An effective vaccine for Covid-19 may soon be available. But wealthy countries are already swooping in and pre-ordering in bulk. Meanwhile, the impoverished continue to suffer.
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Covid-19 Roundup | Looted funds and wage disputes
While the auditor general uncovered which Covid-19 funds were misused, artists shut down the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal, calling for the reopening of the entertainment industry.
Covid-19 Roundup | Antibodies and retrenchments
Antibody testing begins as the country moves past the peak of infections and restrictions are lifted. But the hard lockdown continues to devastate workers.
Mobilising against southern Africa’s ruling-party rot
Breaking the grip of southern Africa’s predatory ruling parties, which exist only to serve their own selfish needs, will require a collective vision backed by popular solidarities.
Covid-19 Roundup | Level two
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s downgrading of Covid-19 restrictions comes as predictions indicate South Africa is moving past the peak of the pandemic. But job losses and state corruption continue.
Series | Coronavirus and capitalism
While the Covid-19 lockdown has led to mass retrenchments across sectors, others have profited from the crisis. New Frame looks at the devastation among South African workers.
Dispatches from a province at the peak of the virus
As we celebrate our second birthday with intimate portraits of life in Gauteng as Covid-19 rages, New Frame commits anew to fair, accurate journalism that constantly questions the status quo.
A nurse’s experience of Covid-19 as cases peak
Healthcare workers are at the forefront of the fight against the virus and have seen the worst of it. They too have tested positive, with some succumbing. How have their private lives fared?
Series | Everyday Covid-19 portraits from Gauteng
New Frame traces the coronavirus in a series of intimate portraits from Gauteng.
State looting calls ANC legitimacy into question
Early admiration in South Africa for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has quickly dissolved with representatives of the state stealing emergency funds on a massive scale.
Covid-19 Roundup | Investigations and dismissals
As the health department looks into the Covid-19 deaths of a doctor who lacked PPE and a hypoxic man in a hospital parking lot, protesting workers are suspended or dismissed.
Series | Racism in South African cricket
The reaction from certain quarters to Lungisani Ngidi’s call for the Proteas to take a stand against racism leaves little doubt about the need for real transformation in the sport.
In Pictures | Stronger together
Uncertainty grows as Covid-19 infections begin to peak. New Frame photojournalists explore the extraordinary resilience of people trying to survive under the most extreme circumstances.
Covid-19 Roundup | Corruption and an IMF loan
South Africa is about to reach half a million Covid infections amid allegations of government graft. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund has granted a multi-billion rand loan.
We need to talk about classical liberalism
A history of enslavement, colonialism, wars and coups by so-called liberal states refutes the notion that this political ideology is the true home of inclusion and non-racialism.
Amid despair, grounds for new hope
In this moment, it is essential to take full measure of both how bad things are and the possibilities for developing a more viable and humane alternative.
Series | Police violence in SA
Law enforcement relies on brutality and violence to keep the public in check. New Frame looks at how Covid-19 lockdown incidents have exacerbated fear and mistrust in the SAPS.
Covid-19 Roundup | Class divide, vaccine hope
The early stage of a British vaccine trial has delivered promising results, while the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to expose South Africa’s inequality.
Covid-19 Roundup | Vaccines and worker rights
As vaccine trials get under way globally, workers wage battles for protective equipment, relief pay, permanent positions and a moratorium on retrenchments.
SA reaps what it has sown as Covid-19 rages
Among the growing list of coronavirus symptoms is social inertia. We simply cannot afford it as thousands fall ill by the day and jobs are slashed.
Brutal evictions worsen South Africa’s urban crisis
The ANC and DA are both imposing militarised evictions, ruling in neocolonial fashion as if the people were the enemy. A progressive approach would embrace the social value of land occupations.