Covid-19 Videos

Radio personanlity, Xolisa Sindaphi, shares a few tips that'll keep you safe during lockdown.

Cape Cobra cricketer, Aviwe Mgijima, shares some advice that'll keep you safe during the lockdown.

Former SA bodybuilding champion Shameen Adams urges eveyone to stay safe during the pandemic.

The One Home One Garden initiative is part of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture's COVID-19 response to support home and community food gardens.

Western Cape Government Health thanks all their frontline staff for their detication and commitment.

Take a look at the behind the scene footage of Mitchells Plain Hospital's COVID-19 ward.

Our healthcare workers are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite seeing the worst of the worst, they face each day with courage - putting themselves on the line to keep us all safe.

Like Maurice Carpede, you probably know of a few people who have been infected with COVID-19. It's up to all of us to do everything we can to protect ourselves and each other.

Western Cape Education Minister Debbie Schäfer visited 3 schools in Grassy Park to see how they have been coping with the ‘new normal’ of Covid-19. Thank you to our schools and the staff involved for making sure that we are adhering to the “new normal” safety protocols and for being swift in getting the preparation done to allow learners to return to school to continue with their education.

Masiphumelele ward councillor, Felicity Purchase, urges all commuters to wear their masks and wash their hands when travelling with public transport.

Professor Mignon McCulloch, a paediatrician at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital explains why children can go back to school.

#WCGH and its partners have distributed thousands of Ubuntu cloth masks to vulnerable people in Western Cape communities. Visit https://ubuntuclothmasks.shopstar.co.za/ to buy your cloth masks online #ShareTheLove

#SneakPeak into the Western Cape’s Brackengate Intermediate Care Facility which will contribute 330 beds towards the fight against Covid-19.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) alongside the Western Cape Government, Khayelitsha District Hospital and City of Cape Town, recently launched a temporary 60-bed COVID-19 treatment facility, to meet the needs of the local community during the pandemic. Established in a City of Cape Town-owned community sports centre, the Khayelitsha Field Hospital functions as an extension of the adjacent Khayelitsha District Hospital, essentially expanding its capacity to treat moderate to severe COVID-19 cases.

Head of Pediatrics at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Professor Mignon McCulloch, discusses the medical research that supports the reopening of schools.

Premier Alan Winde gives us an update of the week ahead.

Comedian, Dikbek, urges everyone to wear a mask and to wash their hands.

Social worker, Siyabulela Rabie, asks the public to please follow Covid-19 safety precautions when visiting government offices and when seeking essential services.

Radio personality Baydu Adams asks everyone to take precaution, sanitise, social distance and to wear your mask.

Last week, the Department of Community Safety provided training to 60 Chrysalis graduates, marking their deployment into the Khayelitsha targeted COVID-19 hotspot. The graduates have been deployed in Khayelitsha from Monday 15 June.

Last week, the Department of Community Safety provided training to 60 Chrysalis graduates, marking their deployment into the Khayelitsha targeted COVID-19 hotspot. The graduates have been deployed in Khayelitsha from Monday 15 June.

Pastor Sakhi Kula of Khayelitsha reminds everyone to stay safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pastor Ethel Sobantu shares tips that everybody should follow during this pandemic.

Nokulunga Mpengesi, nurse at Mowbray Maternity Hospital, shares her Covid-19 journey. She asks that everyone supports each other during this difficult time.

Nompumelelo Blakfesi, nurse at the Mowbray Maternity Hospital, details her journey with Covid-19. She asks that everyone who tested positive to please take care of themselves.

Mowbray Maternity Hospital nursing assistant, Nomkhitha Zigwebile, shares the challenges she faced after testing positive for Covid-19.

Wearing a mask helps reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19. Here's how it stops the spread.

Commercial pilot and CRM trainer Eon de Vos provides a message to all healthcare workers.

Actor, Jarrid Geduld, shares a few tips that you should follow to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Ivy Lukas shares her Covid-19 tips.

Khayelitsha Neighbourhood Watch volunteer, Bulewa Vivian, reminds everyone about the dangers of Covid-19.

Security guard Xolani Mnisi talks about how the virus is affecting his community.

Pastor Kwawulezile Msele shares advice with regards to Covid-19

Dr Michael Mol is encouraging those who are able to donate to the Ubuntu cloth mask initiative, to please do so. Each pack of two masks purchased will enable another mask to be given free to an at-risk person. #ShareTheLove

Marc Lottering has partnered with the Ubuntu Cloth Mask Initiative to provide cloth masks to vulnerable communities. The funding generated from this initiative assists seamstresses from communities who make the masks. #ShareTheLove

The Hospital of Hope, which is the temporary hospital constructed at the CTICC, is the biggest Covid-19 field hospital in Africa, and was completed in just four weeks. Check out this video to watch the process of getting this facility up and running.

#CharityTuesday | Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier, and I joined representatives from Airbnb and Afrika Tikkun in Mfuleni, Cape Town to handover 10,000 handmade masks to township communities most in need.

The plan, which is in partnership with the Witzenberg and Cape Winelands municipalities, aims to slow down the rate of Covid-19 infections.

With severe restrictions on international and local travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is no doubt that the tourism sector has been hard-hit during this crisis, and will require a great deal of support to ensure its survival.

Premier Alan Winde visited the Woodstock Brewery which has been repurposed to serve as a soup kitchen and feed those in need during the lockdown.

Minister David Maynier met with Paul Newman, MTN General Manager: Western Cape Regional Operations to receive a generous donation on behalf of the Western Cape Government of 1,833 food parcels from the MTN Foundation towards food relief during the Covid-19 crisis.