Surge

A series of powerful tidal surges battered coastal areas in South Africa’s Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces over the weekend of 16 September. One person died; cars, homes and businesses were damaged. The Conversation…

The Eastern Cape provincial government will embark on mass testing, screening, tracking, tracing of people who are contacts of people infected by coronavirus, enforce mandatory wearing of cloth masks in public places, public transport and…

SA has less than half the ventilators that the health department estimates it will be needed to treat patients at the peak of the Covid-19 crisis. The gap, contained in figures provided to parliament by the department, is a stark reminder…