LOCKDOWN LIFECovid-19 has worsened an already tough situation 29 May 2020, 10:30 Tsietsi Willem Moshebi Lockdown has been an experience that I will never forget, with the coronavirus being the reason for the deaths of many people around the world. People like myself and millions others nationwide were vulnerable even before Covid-19 came and disrupted lives. I have been without a job for more than a decade Read more >
OPINIONS We have to make the water sector an island of integrity 25 May 2020, 14:02 By Mike Muller and Barbara SchreinerFirst published in the Sunday Times By the end of the 2018/2019 financial year the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) had a staggering R16.5-billion in irregular expenditure and was, in the words of the chair of parliament’s standing committee on public accounts, insolvent. On 13 May the minister of Read more >
OPINIONS Dear Mr President, let us help keep the vultures at bay 25 May 2020, 9:42 By civil society organisationsFirst published on Daily Maverick Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa We, the undersigned organisations, commend you for the decisive action taken over the last few weeks in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis. We note the efforts of the state in placing the health and wellbeing of people at the forefront of decision-making. However, Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Give small business opportunities 19 May 2020, 9:01 Pierre Mpapele Government has created great expectation for small businesses to afford them opportunities to supply Covid-19 supplies. We were invited to register on the government portal and on the central database, but that was the end of the engagement. People who do not have clothing businesses are at the forefront of opportunities to supply Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Busting the curfew to get home 11 May 2020, 12:14 Guest contributor The seven-day grace period for people to move from one province to another during lockdown came to an end at midnight on Thursday, 7 May 2020. Thousands of people took up the opportunity to either return to their places of work or go home. Before lockdown I had travelled from Johannesburg to Durban Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Load shedding blues for some communities 11 May 2020, 10:15 Betsie du Plooy Since lockdown started, the Govan Mbeki Municipality (GMM) started their own load shedding. From day one, Bethal and the townships of Embalenhle and Emzinoni had load shedding, at times for three or four hours per day, and other times for up to seven or eight hours. They created a so-called schedule, but Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE “The people are starving, many families are out of food” 08 May 2020, 14:01 Guest contributors These are some of the experiences shared with us: Monica de KockStrange how to keep oxygen in your blood, you must essentially be outdoors, exercising or taking in sunlight, otherwise your oxygen levels drop. The Corona virus, however, affects oxygen levels in your red blood cells. We have a huge open space, but Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE Drugs an extra element of danger in Covid-19 pandemic 08 May 2020, 11:35 Guest contributor Good day I’m not happy at all. In my area we have nyaope (street drug) boys, prostitutes and car jackers at the notorious Protea Glen Ext11 Shell garage. The police have chased these guys from Shell thinking all is well when they don’t see them there. They are now behind Shell, close to Read more >
LOCKDOWN LIFE “We are helpless and the corruption is killing us!” 06 May 2020, 9:25 Tshepiso Mgauzi I write this mail with great sorrow for my community not knowing who or where to run to for help. My name is Tshepiso Mgauzi. I am a community worker (street committee) where I live in Ext 28, Vosloorus. My duties as a volunteer serving the community of Ward 47 are to listen, Read more >
