#LockdownSA: Families left homeless after severe storm
Scores of villagers have been left displaced after a thunderstorm struck rural Vhembe, Limpopo.
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#CoronavirusSA: Ramaphosa gives social grants a boost
Economic relief is on the cards for the most vulnerable in the country, as the President announces measures to ease the burdens faced by those in food-scarce households, and the unemployed.
#CoronavirusSA: Thousands to be tested to fight Covid-19
Mopani aims to screen 76 400 people daily as the District launches household screenings.
#CoronaVirusSA: First Mthatha Covid-19 death spooks residents
The deceased is the first death in the OR Tambo region, and his coronavirus diagnosis was only found out after he passed away.
#LockdownSA: Prioritise feeding hungry learners
Discussions about the schooling program for the rest of the year are still underway, but the majority of children who rely on the National School Nutrition Programme remain without access to their meals.
#CoronaVirusSA: Gauteng government charts the way forward
The Gauteng Provincial Command Council outlines measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate its impact on the province’s most marginalised communities. OurHealth journalist Marcia Zali reports.
#LockdownSA: Informal food traders live in fear without protective gear
Fresh produce hawkers who meet government regulations are allowed to continue business, but in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape food vendors are worried about their safety, as the local government has failed to give them personal protective equipment.
#LockdownSA: New regulations allows children to move between parents’ homes
Parents will be required to carry documentation to prove their relation to their children in the process of moving them
Evictions in Empolweni leaves community broken
Residents of Empolweni, Khayelitsha faced a brutal eviction in the lead-up to Easter — and law centres and civil society groups alike strongly condemned the move from the City of Cape Town.
#LockdownSA: Police arrest ‘prophet’ for circulating fake news
A self-proclaimed prophet has been arrested by the police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, for circulating a video defying the regulations put in place to help combat the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
Tembisa women empowered through the power of touch
Businesswoman Thabitha Malinga believes that people living with disabilities should be given an opportunity to be active in their communities’ economy. With Thabie Mobile Spa and TMS Beauty Academy she created that opportunity for disabled, and ‘forgotten’ women in her community.
#CoronavirusSA: Traditional healers ‘snubbed’
A regional traditional healer association says that they are unable to work and treat patients because they haven't received permits to do so under the national lockdown.
CoronavirusSA: Food parcel drive
It is vulnerable groups in society such as the elderly, poor, and unemployed who are most affected when global pandemics such as Covid-19 take place. But various sectors in the country have come together to lessen the impact.
#LockdownSA: ‘Some of us will die of hunger’ says Limpopo beer brewer
In a small village outside Elim, Limpopo, the shockwaves of the national lockdown are being felt by those most vulnerable to capitalism’s precarity.
#LockdownSA: Expectant mothers worried about regulations
Baby care items are now on the country’s essential items list, but few know about the amendment to the lockdown regulations.