The launch today of the Gauteng Together initiative will create a province-wide network of community action networks or CANs able to work together and share learning experiences, resources and best practice methodology to address social and economic needs in communities during the Covid-19 crisis.
A new initiative called Gauteng Together, launched today, is encouraging community members to get involved in helping to ensure food security for people around them. By setting up CANs (community action networks), the specific needs of communities can be easily identified, making it possible to initiate action to address them.
A child and youth care worker shares her experiences with children who don’t understand the lockdown.
The National Union of Metalworkers has described the forced evictions, allegedly carried out by the Cape Town and eThekwini municipalities during the national lockdown, as inhumane. Meanwhile, a coalition of civil society organisations is demanding that the Presidency take immediate action to stop these human rights violations, which include police brutality against vulnerable communities.
A Pretoria-based resident.
A resident of Alexandra township.
The declaration of a state of disaster, and the associated regulations do not give municipalities and security forces licence to use this disaster as an opportunity to exert power over the powerless, says the C19 People’s Coalition in a letter to the Presidency.
Humanitarian crises including Hurricane Katrina and the ebola outbreak show that graft can dilute the best donor intentions, writes Tammy Thorp for Foreign Policy. More vigilance is necessary, and measures to limit corruption must be in place from the start, if not before.
On this page you will find helpful, straightforward information and hints on how to minimise or avoid the spread of the coronavirus.