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No proof of Covid-19 reinfection, yet

Article Athandiwe Saba - 31 Jul 2020

Some people report testing positive for Covid-19 after initially having the disease and then testing negative. Scientists are still trying to understand if this means that reinfection is possible

Safe medicines key in Africa’s Covid-19 response

Article Special Reports - 29 Jul 2020

The decrease in the amount of time to register medicines has shown to significantly increase lives saved and expand access to essential health technologies

A political response to gender-based violence

Article Eamonn Ryan - 24 Jul 2020

The gender-based violence pandemic in South Africa is fuelled by outdated patriarchal attitudes and frequently by binge drinking

Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence

Article Zamansele Nsele - 24 Jun 2020

Frank B Wilderson discusses 'Afropessimism', his memoir that analyses structural violence

The Portfolio: Malcolm Nhleko

Article Malcolm Nhleko - 11 Jun 2020

The music producer and sound engineer views his ears as his weapons

Racist mayor extends his leave

Article Chris Gilili - 7 May 2020

The Free State ANC blames lockdown for no disciplinary action against Nkosinjani Speelman

Parly corona-style is perfect

Article Paddy Harper - 7 May 2020

I now go to meetings barefoot and in my shorts. And it cuts what we pay for MPs to travel. We should keep it this way post-Covid

The Portfolio: Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo

Article Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo - 7 May 2020

Photographer Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo's latest project, Slaghuis, is a recounting of the trauma he experienced growing up in his family’s tavern business

Dear Doctor Dlamini-Zuma

Article Lindelwa Mpilwenhle Dlamini - 6 May 2020

There has been a constant narrative that aims to reduce you to an ex-wife of a former head of state. This is factual, but in mainstream media there seems to be no other description of you

South African women live with the burden of ‘constant vigilance’

Article Koketso Moeti - 6 May 2020

Fear of being attacked restricts the movement of most women in everyday life

A caress rather than a beating: The science behind Tony Allen’s style

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 6 May 2020

By retracing funk's steps and picking from jazz, Tony Allen rewired highlife into Afrobeat

Billy Monama: stringing together South African guitar history

Article Gwen Ansell - 6 May 2020

The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year

Battle for the truth about UFOs

Article Tim Murithi - 6 May 2020

The United States Navy has confirmed that three videos of unidentified aerial phenomena were taken by Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015

The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance

Article Solomon Makgale - 6 May 2020

Although the two men were from different generations, their lives both lay bare the atrocities of the apartheid state

How coronavirus is affecting Kenya’s hearing impaired citizens

Africa Njeri Kimani - 5 May 2020

A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation

The Ugandan good Samaritan sanitising hospitals and police stations

Africa Samira Sawlani - 5 May 2020

Compelled to make a difference during the Covid-19 pandemic, an IT consultant is now helping to keep essential services workers healthy

Achieving a healthy nation requires more than universal free healthcare

Article Renata Schoeman - 5 May 2020

Having access to care is not a promise of health

The democratic process of voting was wearing thin before lockdown

Article Mikhail Moosa - 4 May 2020

The number of adults who didn’t vote in the 2019 elections reflects citizens’ disenchantment with their representatives. Perhaps Covid-19 presents government with the chance to change this

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