Articles for GroundUp Staff

Covid-19 in South Africa: 150,000 excess deaths in one year

Excess deaths decline for first time since November

Mortality still near record high but it looks like we are turning the corner

Covid-19 and vaccines: Questions and answers

Updated 15 April 2021

Over 100,000 South Africans have probably died of Covid-19

Latest MRC report shows over 16,000 excess deaths in week ending 16 January

Extend disability grants, Black Sash tells SASSA as queues shock country

SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs

Covid-19: Our grimmest day yet

Minister reports 844 confirmed deaths. MRC reports worst week yet.

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

Thousands sign letter calling for Department of Health to act urgently

2020 in pictures: a year of living dangerously

Covid-19, evictions, fires and an elephant: GroundUp’s photos of the year

Late judgments: Is the Cape High Court doing better?

Something troubling has shaken our confidence in the data