South Africa

Lockdown in pictures - Day 129: Play station

Lockdown in pictures - Day 128: A quiet Eid

Hundreds protest in JHB against government’s response to Covid-19

“Their schemes and promises have only opened up avenues for corruption by the ANC and its supporters”

Dozens of EPWP workers not paid since May

Workers say they’ve been given the runaround by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Police disperse Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town

Demonstration was in solidarity with human rights protests in Zimbabwe

Lockdown in pictures - Day 127: Baking bread

Unregistered ECD principals plead with government

“Some of our teachers are resorting to occupying vacant land because they have no money to pay rent”

Land occupations displace initiation schools

“If they build their shacks on these sites, what will happen to their culture?”

Twenty arrested after shops of foreign nationals looted and torched

Human rights groups have criticised government’s inaction to deal with xenophobic attacks

Education spending is falling. The Covid-19 budget has slashed it further

Yet schools are essential to the Covid-19 response

Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision

New concerns raised over impact of transmission line connecting the project to the grid

Job cuts, lock-ins, and fear: Domestic workers suffer Covid-19 squeeze

“Hunger is getting worse” says union official

Residents’ association wants activist’s soup kitchen closed

“Feed them in their areas” says association chairperson

Khayelitsha business owner caught in “rain of stones” during protest

Nelly Tom has scratches and bruising on her face and her work vehicle is severely damaged

“Improve conditions at all health facilities” demands TAC

Protesters give Eastern Cape health department seven days to respond to demand to produce Covid-19 plan

Lockdown in pictures - Day 126: Trading from home