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Six feet apart or six feet under

Five months into the pandemic, most South Africans know that quarantine is a luxury for the few.

The shame behind the silent spread of Covid

Senzani Ngoma is a cleaner at Sunninghill Hospital. After testing positive for Covid-19, Senzani was sent home to self-quarantine in her one-room shack where she stays with her son in Diepsloot. Then her salary was cut.

“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.

President’s pants on fire

United States President Donald Trump was caught off guard when a reporter asked him if he regretted all the lies he has told to the American people.

KZN youths walk 90 km to fight GBV

Nineteen-year-old Akhona Mncube, a young mother from Sweetwaters, Pietermaritzburg, was beaten to death by her 29-year-old boyfriend in July 2020.

Crisis? What crisis? says Mnangagwa

Even as photos and videos of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe flooded the media and social media, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa insists there is no crisis in Zimbabwe.

Godspeed Bra Bob

South Africans and the entertainment industry are mourning the untimely death of legendary broadcaster Bob Mabena who died of a heart attack this week.

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.

Zulu monarch in mourning again

Shortly after losing his sister and two princesses, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini is in mourning again.