COVID-19: Project helps EC rural communities access hand sanitisers
Rhodes University and the Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform are working together to make sure more people have access to hand sanitiser.
COVID-19 Report 3: Promising new tests, but disappointing hydroxychloroquine results
This is the third issue of the COVID-19 report. We point you to the latest quality science on the pandemic.
COVID-19: George Hospital gears up for expected surge in cases
The national lockdown has bought South Africa some time to get health facilities ready for COVID-19. Tiyese Jeranji looks at measures underway to prepare George Hospital for the expected surge in cases.
COVID-19: Doctors concerned about severe testing delays
It often takes seven days or more to get COVID-19 test results in the public sector, doctors say.
COVID-19: Learn lessons from AIDS response, says head of UNAIDS
How to fight COVID-19? Look to HIV, says UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima.
COVID-19: What should public transport look like?
The vast majority of people in South Africa depend on public transport, which poses a heightened risk for contracting COVID-19. Practical health measures and various fascinating innovations could not only mitigate this, but change how we travel long term.
COVID-19: The battle against stigma in the Eastern Cape
As the country intensifies its efforts to curb COVID-19 through mass screening and testing, stigma in some communities threatens to derail these efforts. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports on the situation in the Eastern Cape.
COVID-19: How the dead are treated in the Free State
John Hlangeni was the first person known to have died of COVID-19 in the Free State. Refilwe Mekoa spoke to his family and found out more about how the dead are treated in Mangaung.
COVID-19: Behind SA’s shortages of test materials
Like many other countries, South Africa is struggling to access adequate testing materials to scale up COVID-19 testing. Catherine Tomlinson investigates.
COVID-19: Interview with a Cape Town doctor on the frontlines
Since January Dr Arifa Parker has served at the coalface of South Africa’s fight against COVID-19. Biénne Huisman chatted to her about what life is like in the eye of the storm.
COVID-19 Report 2: Questions that don’t yet have answers
This is the second issue of the COVID-19 report published jointly by GroundUp and Spotlight. We point you to the latest quality science on the pandemic.
COVID-19: The pandemic’s impact on mental health
While the primary threat posed by COVID-19 is to people’s physical health, the pandemic is also taking its toll on economies, social and cultural activities, and people’s mental health. Spotlight spoke to mental health experts in the public, private and NGO sectors to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the mental health of people in South Africa.