Why the Covid ‘Recovery Rate’ is a lousy measure of how we’re doing
It is much more sensible to compare how many people have tested positive this week to last week
By Alex Welte
Science | 20 August 2020
Unemployed young men fix the roads the municipality cannot manage
Taxi association says the R61 from Lusikisiki to Flagstaff is potholed and dangerous
News | 19 August 2020
Enemies of the nation: How the “war on drugs” has failed South Africa
Drug use is a social and health issue. It is not a criminal justice issue
Opinion | 19 August 2020
Foreign nationals are being held in prison past their release dates
Prisoners say they were told they will have to wait until Covid-19 is over before they will be free
By Zoë Postman
News | 19 August 2020
R50 to get to town to collect R350 Covid-19 grant
Local post offices are not paying out grants, say Limpopo beneficiaries
News | 19 August 2020
Community healthcare workers sick of being paid “peanuts”
“We are faced with this pandemic but the Department is still reluctant to improve our working conditions”
News | 18 August 2020
Residents suspect corruption over R1.6m Eastern Cape bridge contract
“My RDP house is worth more than this bridge”
News | 18 August 2020