R2K welcomes the report by the Economic Development Partnership (EDP) in the Western Cape which details the growing food insecurity crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Poor communities from Delft to Masiphumelele, from George...
COVID 19 Lockdown Gender Based Violence Theme: GBV is a Pandemic on its own Enough is Enough As the nation fights the invisible Covid-19 peril, a highly visible epidemic of gender-based violence continues to...
The Right2Know Campaign in KwaZulu-Natal has written an open letter to the eThekwini Municipality to challenge the Municipality’s decision that those in arrears with utility bills would face disconnections from July 2020. According to...
By Nomacebo Mbayo BM section is an informal settlement based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, with a history of the community being victims of fire in winter. The community established a community development centre in 2014...
The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture has written to Judge Zondo to raise a concern that since the enforcement of the lockdown, there has been minimal information shared by the Commission with...
By Nomacebo Mbayo For many women who are facing abuse in a form of domestic violence, quarantine during lockdown is a nightmare. There have been reports of a high rate of cases during this...
By Nomacebo Mbayo Farm residents in Elsenberg are facing challenges of internet access which include lack of information access. The biggest challenge started when farm workers lost their jobs due to the lockdown as...
By Nomacebo Mbayo Since the first announcement of the national lockdown by the president Ramaphosa communities across the country have been forming coalitions and support groups in an attempt to combat COVID-19 and reduce...
By Nomacebo Mbayo Waste Pickers, known as re-claimers are a group across the country making a living out of recycling and waste collection. Salvaging reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others for reuse...
By Nomacebo Mbayo Mfuleni is one of the areas known to be the hotspot during xenophobic attacks, most of the spaza shops in the area are owned by foreign nationals. In the spirit of...
