Brief
IPID records six alleged killings by police in first week of lockdown
IPID is also investigating 13 complaints related to shootings and 14 assault cases
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: ANCYL shuts down supermarket saying it lacked protective gear for workers
Police arrest one of the ANCYL group
By Elna Schütz
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: Clinic staff serve patients through a fence in Uitenhage
NEHAWU concerned about lack of patient confidentiality being exercised by staff
Brief | 3 April 2020
Pothole of gold at the end of the rainbow
Children earn money directing cars around potholes hidden by a flooded road in Bethelsdorp
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: Dambuza youth donate groceries to locked down street hawkers
“If I don’t go out and work that means going to bed hungry. I now have food,” says vendor
Brief | 3 April 2020
Covid-19: Police close shop because owner could not colour print trading permit
“Where am I supposed to find a place to print it when all the internet stores are closed?”
Brief | 2 April 2020
Covid-19: School bodies halt plan to house Gauteng’s homeless
The department says 30 schools with hostels would be used as shelters
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: Police arrest shopkeeper for trading without a permit
Shop was selling food and is exempt under disaster regulations
Brief | 31 March 2020
Covid-19: Premier Mabuyane witnesses huge queues for social grants
“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 30 March 2020