The World Health Organisation continues to praise South Africa’s public-health response to the pandemic. That praise, however, will be long forgotten if we are not able to meet all our other challenges with the same alacrity
The enforcement of the lockdown has seen authorities inflict brutal actions on citizens
Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law
Even in the best of times, there is an inherent tension between the three arms of state
Last week the Brazilian health minister warned that the country’s public health system was likely to collapse under the strain of the coronavirus by the end of April. Although this was fear-inducing to most people in Brazil, that country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, decided to take selfies with supporters outside the presidency. This, despite the fact […]
Our job is to help give you the information we all need to participate in building this country, while holding those in power to account. But now the power to help us keep doing that is in your hands
Before us is an opportunity to make sure we come together to ensure the government fixes what urgently needs to be mended.
South Africa had kept Covid-19 from entering the country for a long time. But in recent days, the number of confirmed cases has increased
There are not often consequences for men who are reported to have sexually abused women. But maybe, just maybe things are changing for the better.
Disparate lobby groups (I Am For The Arts, for one) and think-tanks within the arts are stepping up to fill the void, creating the kind of groundswell that is known to make politicians hot under the collar and speaking nervously