Covid-19: Has the alcohol ban helped?
A study at Groote Schuur Hospital suggests it has freed up much-needed beds
Science | 19 January 2021
Teachers are the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic
Extra hours, extra classes, WhatsApp calls into the night: it’s the teachers who listened and nurtured and cared
Opinion | 19 January 2021
Covid-19: this second wave is relentless, say paramedics
“This virus has totally changed the way that we work”
By James Stent
News | 18 January 2021
Their mother died in 2018. Since then this family of five has survived on child support grants
There are over 30,000 child headed households in South Africa
News | 18 January 2021
Judges told to apologise for taking too long over judgments
“We are unanimous that the gravity of their misconduct demands that we impose a sanction,” says Judicial Services Commission
Law | 18 January 2021
Will vaccines eradicate SARS-CoV-2?
Scientists predict the virus will be with us for the long-run - but as just another common cold
By James Stent
Science | 18 January 2021
Premier Winde calls on President Ramaphosa to intervene in SASSA crisis
This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 15 January 2021
Social grants: the young men who make a living queuing for others
Sometimes knives are drawn as “agents” fight for their place in the Covid-19 grant queue
News | 15 January 2021
Covid-19: School opening delayed
Learners to return on 15 February but teachers will go back earlier
Brief | 15 January 2021