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South Africa: Foreign Migrants Must Be Included in Covid-19 Response
Daily Maverick, 20 March 2020
International solidarity, travel restrictions and the right to remain: why South Africa needs to actively engage all foreign migrants in its response to Covid-19. Read more »
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South Africa: COVID-19 Uncertainty Affects Asylum Seekers
New Frame, 19 March 2020
Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. Read more »
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South Africa: COVID-19 - Here's What Occupations in Cape Town Are Doing in Response to the Pandemic
GroundUp, 19 March 2020
As South Africa adapts to a world under the shadow of Covid-19, the residents occupying Woodstock Hospital, which they have renamed Cissie Gool House, have instituted pandemic… Read more »
Refugees, Displaced in South Africa, Face a New Fight in COVID-19
Some refugee reception offices have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, write Jan Bornman and Anastasya Eliseeva for New Frame. This comes as over 1,400 people displaced from their homes in Cape Town's inner-city due to the rising cost of housing and who are occupying a closed-down state hospital implemented pandemic protocols to reduce the risk of infection. Lawyers for Human Rights also called for a moratorium on the detention and deportation of migrants in an attempt to reduce the impact on the healthcare system.
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As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads across the globe, African countries are responding in various ways, from imposing travel bans to closing schools. This was last updated in ... Read more »
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The Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has decided to increase the provision of water and sanitation in high-density public areas, informal settlements and rural ... Read more »
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As the world seeks to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, concert and festivals promoters are contemplating a difficult year that could be full of postponements and cancellations - ... Read more »
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation outlining the measures South Africa is taking in dealing with the coronavirus. Gatherings of more than 100 people have been ... Read more »
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The economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak has affected South Africa's tourism industry with Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane warning that the spread of the virus could lead to ... Read more »
