“A year of trauma” – community careworkers
Community health workers keep on delivering services to communities against many odds, while burdened by the loss of colleagues to Covid-19.
Health
Activists call for Johnson & Johnson to end ‘vaccine apartheid’
Johnson & Johnson does not see intellectual property as a barrier to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines
In Ecuador, abaca workers are demanding justice and an end to 60 years of modern-day slavery
In December 2003, after 30 years spent labouring on an abaca plantation, Susana Quiñonez finally summoned the courage to demand better working conditions from her […]
Call to extend and increase Covid grant
The end of January marks the end of the Social Relief of Distress grant of R350, disbursed by Sassa, but civil society organisations have called for an extension.
Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also contribute to better health care
“The authorities have been very quick to take decisions during the Covid crisis,” says Siiri Ann Doka. Too quick, perhaps, for citizens and patients to […]
2020 review
To round off the year, here are just a few snippets of stories Elitsha overed this year.
Community care workers on strike for permanent jobs
Community healthcare workers are on the frontline in the battle against the covid-19 pandemic, yet in the Eastern Cape are still ‘volunteers’.
In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages
One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined […]
Covid numbers at Eastern Cape universities spike
The surge in numbers of students testing positive is a cause for concern for universities in the Eastern Cape.
Residents of newly occupied settlements demand basic services
Residents of newly occupied areas in Cape Town struggle to maintain a dignified life without water, electricity and sanitation services.
In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes
If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]
Education department mum on youth pay
School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.
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