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Charles R Stith
Charles Stith was former president Bill Clinton’s envoy to Tanzania and is currently the nonexecutive board chair of the African Presidential Leadership Centre, a Johannesburg-based NGO
Who gets the shot, who gets the shaft?
The vaccine can break the surge cycle, if the poor and the newly poor are prioritised
The US election problem is over, but the coronavirus lingers
Ending the lockdown is a policy both Trump and Biden voters could agree on
The economic effects of racism are more deadly than Covid-19
A recent report shows that racism has cost the US economy $16-trillion in growth over the past two decades. If the financial-services industry wants to show that Black Lives…
A salute to an African statesman, Benjamin William Mkapa
Charles R Stith and Benjamin William Mkapa were friends. Stith did not get to say goodbye.
It’s not a case of jobs or lives. Jobs are lives
Starvation is driving the spread of the coronavirus and the government needs to let people work and create jobs
Target poor populations with meaningful measures other than lockdown
Low and no-income people are the hardest hit by Covid-19. Isolation is near impossible in places like townships. Rather lift them out of poverty
Open letter: Mr Biden, America must lead the next global catastrophe
Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was a textbook example of what not to do, you will have to do it all differently
Lockdown syndrome: The latest fallout from the Covid-19 crisis
Is this “syndrome” another symptom that the lockdown has made us all a little bit crazy? Is it a symbol that we all just need to get a grip on it?
The coronavirus crisis: A failure of policy and leadership
The world needs someone to step up and take charge – anyone but Donald Trump that is
US presidential campaign 2020: The Democratic conundrum
As Super Tuesday looms, there are five candidates left in the Democratic race. But the party must ensure it selects someone who will be able to defeat incumbent Donald Trump
Real estate isn’t sexy, but in South Africa it’s serious
Being able to own property will help close the wealth gap between black and white people