Economic Justice
Young people sensitized on the use of masks in the periurban centers of Maputo
By: Francisco Manhique This is the environment in Mozambique regarding Covid-19. The new government recommendations are clear, and it is...
SA citizens pour out their feelings on lockdown
by Nompilo…The conditions of conducting burial processes during lockdown are very frustrating and hard more especially in rural areas where...
Reclaimers hard hit by lockdown
The life threatening COVID-19 is heavily affecting the working class people and migrants. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his...
Infringement of human rights under pretext of enforcing lockdown- as livelihoods are threatened
Anonymous…On the 8th of April one guy was beaten so badly by police here near my flat in Durban, Russell...
Lockdown- Law enforcement agents’ integrity questionable
I heard from my sister that since the announcement of the lock down, taxis are being stopped by the police...
Lockdown stripping women’s financial independence as GBV increases
Most of the women in the group and community in Pietermaritzburg Central, KZN, are surviving on hand to mouth basis...
Starvation worries citizens more than coronavirus
On the 8th of March 2020, in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, different communities’ leaders were distributing food parcels to citizens and these included...
Living conditions undermine social distancing
Since the enforcement of lockdown has begun things have been very difficult especially when it comes to maintaining social distance....
COVID-19 Lockdown – Local shops too small to cater for the big Sefikile Village
COVID 19 has affected us negatively and I personally feel and think that everything has happened so fast that most...
Government Must Help Save Our Teenagers
I was in Eshowe, Northern KwaZulu Natal, at the hospital on Saturday night where I witnessed some teenage patients of...
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