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In the fallout from COVID-19, Latin America risks losing its remittance lifeline

29th June 2020 Equal Times 0

Under normal circumstances, Isaac Cubillan would have stayed home, a place he describes as having everything: beaches, beautiful landscapes and delicious food. But, one of […]

Protest by Cecilia Makiwane Hospital workers forces decontamination

25th June 2020 Elitsha reporter 0

Healthcare workers at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane had to stage a silent protest for the hospital management to agree to decontaminate the hospital.

Community leaders demand whole village get tested for Covid-19

24th June 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

A covid-19 cluster outbreak in a school in Mount Frere causes panic in the Eastern Cape and teachers union calls for schools to be shut down in the province.

Covid-19 exposes ailing health system in E Cape

23rd June 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

The coronavirus has exposed the ailing public health system and the inequalities between private and public healthcare.

Employers failing to provide adequate PPE

19th June 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Workers and unions continue to be on the defensive under covid-19 conditions as many employers are putting their profits ahead of workers’ health and safety.

Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious

18th June 2020 Equal Times 0

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the […]

Parents shut down schools in Khayelitsha

17th June 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

The WCED has condemned the shutting down of schools by parents demanding that the schools be deep cleaned after teachers test positive for covid-19.

Municipal workers in Port Elizabeth march for better working conditions

12th June 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

Municipal workers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality march for insourcing and danger allowance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The food crisis and hunger pandemic

12th June 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The measures taken by government to slow the spread of COVID-19 have unmasked the face of racialised and gendered inequalities hiding in the folds of democracy.

20 confirmed Covid-19 cases in E Cape schools

11th June 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Just in one week of schooling, the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) has confirmed that 20 people have tested positive for covid-19.

KEF says it’s still unsafe for learners to return to schools

4th June 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

The KEF says that the Western Cape Education Department has no plan to deal with COVID-19 as the schools re-open while shifting responsibilities to schools.

What about the kids? COVID-19 also puts children’s rights at risk

2nd June 2020 Equal Times 0

When the editors of Nature magazine first used the term ‘coronavirus’ in 1968, they probably never, not even in their wildest dreams, imagined that the concept would become […]

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