Load shedding blues for some communities
A resident from Govan Mbeki Municipality in Mpumalanga shares her experience during the lockdown.
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“The people are starving, many families are out of food”
Residents share their struggle for access to food during the lockdown. Their pain is the pain of millions.
Over 60 CANs set up to address COVID-19 impact in Gauteng
Over 60 community action networks (CANs) have been established since the launch on 16 April 2020 of the Gauteng Together initiative. This project encourages community members to set up CANs as platforms through which the specific needs of that community are identified, making it easy to initiate action to address them. The operational model is based on the CAN model being used by the Cape Town Together group.
Drugs an extra element of danger in Covid-19 pandemic
A resident expresses fears that drug users will spread Covid-19 in their area.
Parliament agrees to work through pvt healthcare report
In a briefing to Parliament in March 2020, the panel of the Competition Commission’s market inquiry into private healthcare reiterated its findings of inadequate stewardship of the sector. The parliamentary health committee has agreed to work through the report with its trade and industry counterpart.
“We are helpless and the corruption is killing us!”
A resident of Ext 28, in Vosloorus shares how accessing food aid during the national lockdown has been a struggle for him and his community.
Govt Covid-19 economic response inadequate, punitive
The economic measures put in place by the government so far are punitive to the poor and working class in South Africa, says the Budget Justice Coalition. As a result, these groups face exclusion, hunger and destitution. The BJC has put forward a number of proposals to remedy this unacceptable situation.
Corruption means no fresh water, no explanation
A resident of Elandskraal Village in Limpopo struggles to get fresh water.
Hawks swoop on second Tshwane millions suspect
The alleged stolen money, which amounts to R53-million, was earmarked for the National Fund for Municipality Workers and is said to have been taken from the municipality’s account on 30 August 2019.