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Hymns for hope and healing at home

Religious people have been hurt by the government’s decision to restrict church gatherings. But now they have some divine intervention. Five giants of Zionist church music have joined forces to bring spirituality into homes – through music.

“Don’t let me kill my neighbours”

Edwin Ramotse from Alexandra pleaded with the government to be taken out of his community and be quarantined somewhere else. But the Gauteng department of health says not all people who test positive qualify to be quarantined at government-designated quarantine sites.

Forced to choose between hunger and Covid

When the country went into lockdown, Godfrey says he followed government Covid-19 regulations. But then, hunger struck. He ran out of food and he had to go out and hustle for food.

AND STILL WE RISE

To celebrate Women’s Day, Scrolla.Africa met up with three of the toughest women in SA’s toughest places.

Overcoming whatever life throws at you

Mpho Mazamane’s hard luck stories began when she was only 11 years old.

“I haven’t had sex for 44 years”

Thembi Ndlovu has refused to cheat on her husband since he was killed in 1977 by apartheid police in Soweto.

Armed gangs target Soweto doctors

Armed thugs have been terrorising doctors at private clinics in Soweto. Doctors are in a state of siege after a spate of attacks, shootings and armed robberies.

“Doctor – your money or your life”

In almost all of the 30 attacks on Soweto doctors recently, the thugs come to a clinic pretending to be sick.

Battered by boyfriends

A terrible sickness is sweeping South Africa. We know it by the official term Gender Based Violence (GBV). But that doesn’t nearly tell the story of the physical and emotional abuse women are subjected to.

When a lover becomes a monster

Sangoma Langa Libalele says that two months after she left her abusive boyfriend, she heard he had been arrested for murder. He had allegedly stabbed his new girlfriend to death.

Judge calls SA “femicide capital of the world” as he puts Eskom killer in jail for life

Muti, love, lies, and death. The court heard it all in the explosive murder trial of Thembinkosi Emmanuel Mhlongo, an Eskom senior employee sentenced to life imprisonment.

Are these the worst school toilets in SA?

Parents and learners at Ceza Primary School learners in Olundi, Chibini are shocked by the state of the lavatories which are “not even fit to be called pit toilets”.

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