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Small businesses are choosing to adapt and upgrade their offering in order to keep their heads above water until Covid-19 is contained

Two ministers have taken precautions after a Dirco employee tested positive for the virus

With thousands of samples still waiting to be processed, labs are racing to ramp up testing to help the government gain a better idea of how prevalent Covid-19 really is

Covid-19 transmissions in mosques and churches have complicated our relationships with them

As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19

Last week community health workers were described as ‘troops on the ground’. But these front-line workers say they don’t have resources to fight Covid-19 if it rages through townships

Rough models show that over R600-billion in GDP could be lost, along with two million jobs. That would mean Covid-19 has a worse impact than the 2008 global recession

The energy department last week took out a draft of determinations proposing more than 13000MW of power to be supplied

One company is Durban has turned to producing protective face masks

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But only if draconian border closures are accompanied by effective public health interventions

Sisa Ntshona has urged everyone to limit their movements in line with government’s request

What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?

The lockdown regulations provide for strong curtailment of people’s movements, but many details of their implementation are still to come

Not everyone can get tested for the coronavirus. There are structures in place guiding health practitioners when it comes to screening patients for testing

Earlier this month, the government implemented a 30-day moratorium on prison visits. But, given the lack of healthcare in prisons, more proactive measure are needed

Online interventions are most likely going to benefit the middle class and the rich and children from working-class families will lose out

The crisis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for unscrupulous leaders to further their own interests — and they are already taking advantage

The minister of international relations took the precaution after allegations that an employee had tested positive for the virus