Tag "lockdown"
Food for thought
On the streets, in the townships and rural areas, hunger stalks. Nontuthuko Ngubane serves up hope and harsh reality… and keeps the home fires burning.
Abundance during lockdown: A guide to growing food from scraps
You don’t need a lot of space and it needn’t cost you a cent to grow tomatoes, lettuce, bok choy… and a bunch of other stuff at home. Diony Lalieu
Numbers man graphs hard as conspiracies thicken
Modelling the progression of the pandemic involves complex data and a wide range of disciplines. It’s a far from exact, often flawed, business, but the alternative is confusion and conspiracy
Lockdown far from child’s play in Klip
Lockdown in the Gauteng township of Kilp is a little bit like the popular street game of amathini. It’s rough and ready and there’s a real risk of being struck,
How lockdown threatened to spoil the party
It looked like lockdown was going to ruin a special birthday date for Nontuthuko Ngubane. Here’s what happened…
High stakes at Somkhele: Mine relocation row puts lives on the line
Shootings, threats and other violence have ratcheted up tensions in Somkhele where a mine extension has exposed deep fault lines in a poor community. Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh report
Tourism takes a pounding in lockdown purgatory
As tourism languishes in lockdown purgatory the communities it supports will be feeling the pain. Vital funding for conservation has vanished too, writes Dr Andrew Venter
Living room liturgy:
Home church brings spiritual solace
Regular Sunday services at home have helped Nontuthuko Ngubane and her family cope with the ‘demon disease’
Art of the matter:
Poignant prose from lockdown pupils
Eager to get back to their books, primary school pupils from a standout Wild Coast school have been writing about lockdown life in their cash-strapped village, writes Rachel Moore.
Lock down:
Fringe issue causes plenty dis-tress
If a woman’s hair is her crowning glory then lockdown is making some of us feel less than regal. Nontuthuko Ngubane ponders the mane concern of our times
