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Africa’s Hidden Victims: Covid food aid prey to power politics and corruption

30 Jul 2021, 10:42

By Linus Unah, Sally Hayden, Maurice Oniang’o and Patrick EgwuFirst published on Journalists for Transparency When government leaders across Africa began to impose lockdowns to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus last year, many Africans, who were not covered by any form of social protection, began to panic. In Gulu, northern Uganda, 35-year-old Amina Read more >

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Covid-19 corruption pushes govt out of lethargy

08 Sep 2020, 14:40

By Janine ErasmusFirst published on Transparency International Along with other ordinary South Africans, we at Corruption Watch have followed with increasing dismay the growing number of reports of corruption related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The perpetrators of this corruption have been unashamedly brazen in their hijacking of the emergency measures put into place to deal Read more >

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Poor planning a factor in food parcel corruption

19 Jun 2020, 8:00

By Thato Mahlangu Accountability is in short supply for the widely publicised allegations of food parcel corruption, despite the abundance of videos circulating on social media that seem to indicate the complicity of certain individuals. Since the start of the lockdown, almost three months ago, the economy has nosedived and millions of families have been Read more >

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The poor are hungry as wrangle rages on

17 Jun 2020, 8:00

• Bags of maize meal being handed out to members of the public in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Tebogo Letsie/City Press. By Janine ErasmusFirst published by City Press South Africa is still a country of inequality, and the Covid-19 coronavirus-enforced lockdown has intensified the deep divisions in our society. On one hand, there are people stuck in Read more >

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Marikana caught in politicised food parcels storm

15 Jun 2020, 10:30

Image: Sabeehah Motala By Valencia Talane A community in Marikana, Rustenburg, in the North West is learning the hard way the cost of being poor and not politically connected during the Covid-19 lockdown. They are caught up in a political storm that is costing them the most urgent need, food. And a ward councillor in Read more >

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Government’s not so reliable food-delivery service

01 Jun 2020, 10:42

By Kwazi DlaminiFirst published in City Press South Africans with the means to do so have been using the tap of a finger for meals to be delivered to their homes, since the country went into Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown level 4 earlier this month. Between technical glitches that hampered said deliveries and complaints over the Read more >

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“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 >

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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 >

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“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 >