South Africa

Lockdown in pictures - Day 147: Looking out for each other

Deaf people lose houses to land occupation

Khayelitsha occupation divides community leadership

Lockdown has left South Africa drowning in debt

Loan repayment holiday offered by banks could cost borrowers more than R20 billion

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

Lockdown in pictures - Day 146: Jump start

Unemployed young men fix the roads the municipality cannot manage

Taxi association says the R61 from Lusikisiki to Flagstaff is potholed and dangerous

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

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

R50 to get to town to collect R350 Covid-19 grant

Local post offices are not paying out grants, say Limpopo beneficiaries

Lockdown in pictures - Day 145: Sleep and go

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”

Residents suspect corruption over R1.6m Eastern Cape bridge contract

“My RDP house is worth more than this bridge”

This Grade 11 learner walks 20 km to and from school daily

“By the time they get to school, they are tired, thirsty and hungry from walking”

How well has South Africa done at reducing Covid deaths?

The answer may surprise you

Concourt efficiency is declining

Average time for judgment takes over six months now compared to less than four months in 2017

Dunoon residents empty toilets on N7

Poo protest comes after residents reject new toilet contractor