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.
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.
Parents will be required to carry documentation to prove their relation to their children in the process of moving them
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In a small village outside Elim, Limpopo, the shockwaves of the national lockdown are being felt by those most vulnerable to capitalism’s precarity.
Baby care items are now on the country’s essential items list, but few know about the amendment to the lockdown regulations.
As the government extends the lockdown until the end of April, it has put in place measures to respond to health, economic and social needs.
Kagiso Modise couldn't bear to see his community go hungry so decided to do something about it.
The North West is now closely monitoring Covid-19 patients and their contacts after a few could not be found at the addresses they shared.
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced amendments to the regulations on the Covid-19 lockdown. Amongst these is the addition of spaza shops and informal food traders to operate with permission from a municipal…
In the Free State, the Dihlabeng Mayor urges his constituency to self-isolate, and healthcare workers plead with patients to follow instructions about Covid-19 prevention.
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