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.
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.
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.
A resident of Elandskraal Village in Limpopo struggles to get fresh water.
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.
Complaints and allegations of food parcel corruption have been leveled against ward councillors and families that are should not be benefiting from government’s food parcel programme.
A company found guilty of inflating prices of masks and personal protection gear has agreed to pay millions in fines after the Competition Commission conducted an investigation into its activities, following complaints.
A young mother reveals the trials of trying to exercise in lockdown, with two small children.
Prisons across the world are a Covid-19 disaster waiting to happen. Many governments are starting to release inmates who qualify to be freed according to their particular set of requirements – but activists are worried that people convicted for corruption-related crimes may be among them.