Brief
Covid-19: Health minister calls for volunteers
NGOs and retired medical professionals especially needed
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Residents lend a helping hand to waste picker in Benoni
“If many people offer help to waste pickers during this difficult time of the coronavirus, South Africa will be a better place,” says waste picker
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Shack dwellers desperate for water in Uitenhage
Mayoral coordinator promises sanitisers and water
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Homeless, unemployed and stuck in South Africa
Limpopo moves people living on the streets into shelters
Brief | 8 April 2020
Covid-19: Children allowed to move between parents’ households - in some cases
Regulations changed on Tuesday to assist separated families
Brief | 8 April 2020
Covid-19: Textile industry agrees on temporary relief for employees
This is one of the first of several similar agreements being negotiated across different industries
Brief | 7 April 2020
Covid-19: Hairdresser’s battle to survive
“I have never been scared like this before”
Brief | 7 April 2020
Covid-19: George residents thankful for its many soup kitchens
About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 7 April 2020
Covid-19: Informal settlement gets long-awaited toilets
“The municipality should not wait to act when there are pandemics like [Covid-19] to provide residents with basic services” says PE resident
Brief | 6 April 2020