How risky is public transport for infectious disease? We tested it
Next time you hop on a bus, you’ll want to shout: “Open the windows!”
By James Stent, Mary-Anne Gontsana and Tariro Washinyira
Feature | 29 June 2021
Circumcision schools say new lockdown does not apply to them
Traditional school leaders say they were not consulted and they will only stop if the president explicitly says they must
News | 28 June 2021
Shack dwellers who own houses will have their shacks destroyed, warns municipality
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is expected to start “formalising” about 140 informal settlements across the city this week
Brief | 28 June 2021
Children’s Institute urges Parliament to increase Child Support Grant by R10
“It is untenable that the poorest and most vulnerable children should have to foot the bill for budget reallocations” says Katharine Hall
By Liezl Human
News | 28 June 2021
Charlotte Maxeke partly reopened but only for cancer outpatients
Oncology unit is the first department to open since the hospital closed down after a fire in April.
News | 28 June 2021
Justice delayed is justice denied: Court frees man convicted of rape after it took seven years to prosecute him
Magistrate and prosecutor “deserve censure of the strongest kind” rule two KZN judges
Law | 28 June 2021
Triangle Project concerned by delayed hate crimes bill
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill stalled since 2018
News | 28 June 2021
SACP picket in Western Cape calls for inquiry into “the rot within the police”
The party says the public have lost all confidence and trust in the police
News | 25 June 2021
Anger over exclusion of ECD centres from teacher vaccinations
Early childhood development centre owners say they are “the forgotten sector”
News | 25 June 2021