Health
Covid-19: Cape Town’s homeless camp: some answers, more questions
City aims to keep 2,000 people at Strandfontein site
Text by James Stent. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 10 April 2020
Covid-19: Doctors released from isolation in Limpopo TB hospital
This follows widespread criticism of MEC Phophi Ramathuba
By James Stent
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Worldwide call for ban on wildlife markets
Appeal sent to World Health Organisation to publicly confirm threat posed to health
News | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Police use rubber bullets to stop homeless people leaving camp
Street people claim they are not being fed and they were deceived about conditions
By Lucas Nowicki and James Stent
News | 7 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: 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
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
Covid-19: Emergency workers refuse to attend to patient until they get proper equipment
Eight employees face disciplinary charges
News | 30 March 2020
A message for police and soldiers: We support what you’re doing but do it gently
Our constitutional democracy should not be placed at risk by the Covid-19 lockdown
GroundView | 26 March 2020