Sanitiser shortage, social distancing concerns at taxi ranks
As the economy slowly opens up, some taxi ranks struggle with adhering to Covid-19 hygiene protocols, whilst others firmly stick to the regulations.
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#CoronavirusSA: Barriers to ARV access during lockdown
For many HIV-positive South Africans, the national lockdown has hindered their ability to easily access antiretroviral drugs and treatment. However, convenient and cost-efficient options for medicine collection are available.
Activists calls on government to revise child grant plan
Civil society groups put pressure on the government to provide a more child and women-centric socio-economic Covid-19 relief plan.
Public transport hours extended under level 4 restrictions
The use of masks when travelling is compulsory, and Metrorail is still off the table — but the Transport Minister assures that these difficult decisions are made to ‘preserve human life’. By Kalayvani Nair.
Poor sanitation in schools in rural Limpopo are a threat to communities during Covid-19
Limpopo schools are not ready for reopening as water shortages are a barrier in practising good hygiene in the fight against Covid-19
LockdownSA: ‘Most of us have run out of food’
Over 600 Zimbabweans living near Louis Trichardt in Limpopo say they have no food because they have been unable to earn a living since South Africa went into lockdown last month to combat the spread of Covid-19.
#CoronavirusSA: Motshekga says that department has to balance saving lives and protecting the 2020 academic year
As higher education turns to technology to continue, basic education projects the return of learners to school from June.
COVID-19 brings a stop to gang violence in Manenburg
Manenburg gangs call a truce to serve community
#VaccinesWorkForAll: North West mothers fed-up with vaccine shortage
Itsoseng Community Healthcare Centre was forced to send mothers and children back home without getting their immunisation vaccines.
CoronavirusSA: Making face masks fashionable can help flatten the curve
LIMPOPO-Elelwani Sigoba spent days looking for surgical or N95 masks at shops in Thohoyandou but they were completely out of stock.
Mixed feelings on mass screening of Limpopo’s rural villages
Health care workers conducting screening for COVID19 outside Thohoyandou say although they experienced some challenges, they are satisfied that they visited every household assigned to them.
Covid-19 lockdown provides ‘perfect storm’ for SA’s GBV crisis
Women and children are targets for Covid-19 related frustrations as reports of gender-based violence increase during the lockdown period.
#Lockdown: The effect of booze and smokes on your health
In another about-turn, government says the tobacco ban will remain in place. Alcohol will also remain off the shelves. Government has defended the alcohol ban saying it was meant to curb unnecessary socializing and physical contact. It is well known…
EC flattening the curve with traditional funeral practice
With the consequences of the Majola funeral still being felt in the Eastern Cape, the Amampondomise nation looks to a traditional funeral rite as a Covid-19 prevention measure.
#CoronaVirusSA: Lockdown stops Limpopo water project
Water shortages have rendered residents of Nabane village vulnerable to the spread of Covid-19, due to not being able to comply with Covid-19 protection measures, such as regular hand washing.