Women workers are more likely to lose their jobs in the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, slowing gains made over recent years
Five months of no income means things are touch and go for Durban’s harbour charter industry, but with help they hope to weather the storm
High levels of corruption and low levels of trust go together; citizens need to use every available resource to hold government to account
Existing requirements for infrastructure spending, that require 30% of the budget to be spent on local small businesses, incentivises failure. Better to split the budgets and let each organisation play to its strengths
About 16 million children who would have been at school in lockdown were looked after mainly by women, hindering their ability to find or do work
Citizens of Cameroon are unable to trust their government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, given cases of ministers flouting restrictions, as well as allegations of corruption. This does not bode well for state responses to future crises
In a robust meeting of the hybrid sitting of National Assembly, President Cyril Ramaphosa met MPs face to face for the first time since questions over lockdown corruption arose
‘We need to make it fundamentally uncool to even be accused of a crime – right now in South Africa being accused of a crime doesn’t end your career’
Our Covid-19 Tender Tracker is monitoring payments awarded for PPE, and we need your help to maintain it.
The WHO estimates that between 2020 and 2025 an additional 1.4 million TB deaths could be registered as direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic