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What do we know about sending children back to school?
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“Circumstances will inform us” maintains Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga, but parents, social justice and children’s advocacy organisations are sceptical.
‘As much as we fear the virus, we’re still human’
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President Cyril Ramaphosa urged the country to follow central tenets of Covid-19 prevention – social distancing, hand sanitizing and proper face mask use – during the new phase of the Covid-19 lockdown. Some have taken these words to heart, whilst others struggle to acclimatise to the new normal.
Limpopo’s social distancing rulebreakers worry traders and taxi drivers
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
South Africa’s economic sphere is slowly re-opening but there’s hurdles along the way as informal food traders and taxi driver in Thohoyandou express concern about some Covid-19 prevention measures not being followed.
Living with the ‘mystery disease’
Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most common causes of neurological disability in the youth but the disease is not a death sentence.
Mental health in lockdown: ‘So many are just not coping’
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The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened existing issues in South Africa such as the country’s ‘unresolved depression and trauma’, and other mental health issues, writes Ntombi Mkandhla.
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Different clinics, different readiness. Inside the first week of Gauteng’s lenacapavir rollout
My experience getting the new HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir
While there are key populations who are at a higher risk of acquiring HIV, experts say they are not the only targets, and anyone is eligible to receive LEN.
Raw sewage in Limpopo village raises fears of disease and water contamination
The sewage has polluted the Senwamokgope River, leaving residents without a reliable water source.