Family facing eviction rejects municipality’s Wendy house
Court document shows that house was supposed to be “a standard two bedroom brick and mortar structure with indoor sanitation facilities”
By Liezl Human
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: How South Africa will test for the virus
TB test repurposed for Covid-19 will massively increase capacity
By Elsabé Brits
News | 6 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
Covid-19: I wouldn’t go back to the streets says homeless man
Over 2,000 homeless people placed in shelters in Durban
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: “I’ve lost six months of my income” says musician
Government avails relief funds for performers out of pocket due to the lockdown
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: New regulations clamp down on profiteering
Competition Tribunal can deal with matters urgently and impose pricing orders
Law | 4 April 2020
After the storm: protesting refugees settle in to marquee life
No city, province, or national officials at site
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 3 April 2020
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: Medical association slams decision to force two doctors to isolate in TB hospital
“The court action you embarked on to force these doctors into a provincial facility, and the manner in which these doctors have been treated by yourself and certain healthcare staff of the province, is most unsettling”
News | 3 April 2020