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Patients have shared their experience at the Gauteng Nasrec quarantine/isolation facility.The facility has just over 400 beds for "stable patients" at this stage.This comes as the province is nearing 50 000 cases of Covid-19."If I had my way I would have quarantined at home but we are staying in a small place of five, my…

200 shacks burned down in Wynburg, Alexandra, on Thursday night displacing about 50 families.Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo, said they were looking at what relief they could give to families.Residents say they have lost all their belongings, including vital documents.200 shacks in Wynburg, Alexandra, Johannesburg, were destroyed in a fire that raged through the settlement on…

Gratitude parades surprised healthcare workers as they arrived for their crack-of-dawn shifts.Two small but vocal crowds of people praised their "heroes" for their tenacity and courage during the Covid-19 pandemic.The gestures "mean the world" to staff.The popular Queen song was belted out in the cold pre-dawn air. But instead of "we", the crowd sang: "You…

Bulelani Qolani's neighbours rebuilt his home for him so that he had somewhere to sleep on Thursday.They did it "because they are a community".But they do not know how long they can go on with being evicted. Neighbours of Khayelitsha's Bulelani Qolani rebuilt his shack for him so that he would not have to sleep…

The SAHRC will take the City of Cape Town to court after a man was dragged naked from his shack in Khayelitsha.SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen said there was "absolutely no excuse" for the City's action.The city's mayor acknowledged the circumstances were "shameful", but defended its right to stop "illegal invasions".The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)…