“During this lockdown period, parents and guardians are encouraged to keep children safe at home. Children should not be socialising or playing in groups during this time. This must be done to…”

Following a successful meeting held with shop stewards of the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) on Saturday, 21 March 2020, the union has taken the initiative to start engagements between industrial workers…

On Saturday 21 March 2020 the General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) took the initial steps to make sense of the dangers and impact of the coronavirus COVID-19 which is now a global pandemic. 30 shop stewards met to discuss the way in which…

Reclaimers (or waste pickers as they are also known) form a critical part of our waste management and should be recognised as they provide…

On 13March 2020, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) held a scheduled meeting of office bearers to discuss current Forum business. The meeting looked at the impact COVID-19…

““The lockdown helps us to reduce the large number of people moving about… However, it does not mean lockdown on its own solves the problem. We still need precautions…”

“This weekend we saw far too many people not heed the call to stay home and limit their contact with others. This is extremely detrimental to our effort to…

This article was completed before President Ramaphosa announced the national lock-down on 23 March. The measures he announced, and the direction of these measures, continued his policy of private sector leadership of the fight…

On 22 March 2020, Thembisa Regional Hospital hosted a CHWs training session facilitated by the Department of Health (DoH) to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The training session…

“In the long history of ruling class responses to disasters, pandemics and catastrophes, nothing tells us more about the general approach of these classes than the way they allocate resources to these catastrophes…”

“It is also notable that the Eastern Cape has its first confirmed case. This patient is a 28 year old female who had travelled to Germany
Under the age category, the “age unknown’ case is a patient who did not put …”

“The Presidential addresses ‘expressing concern’ will not prevent the coronavirus from killing thousands of people in working class communities across South Africa, so it is extremely important that we organise ourselves within each and every township, informal settlement and working class…”

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