Coronavirus

Vital remittance flows plummet due to Covid-19 lockdown

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 14 Aug 2020

Money sent home by migrant workers in South Africa fell about 80% in April after the hard lockdown was instituted

Locked-down bars survive through gamblers’ luck

Business Lester Kiewit - 13 Aug 2020

Forced to turn away drinkers, bars and pubs with slot machines have managed to keep their doors open during the tough national lockdown

Say hello to lockdown lite

Coronavirus M&G Reporters - 13 Aug 2020

After months of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions in the world, it seems we are in line for a further easing of the regulations

Trail of Covid cases on trial in the courts

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 13 Aug 2020

Since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the state of disaster in March, the government’s lockdown regulations have been the subject of public scrutiny and ire

WHO wants to review Russian vaccine safety data

Coronavirus Agence France Presse - 11 Aug 2020

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the new coronavirus

Paediatricans call for schools to reopen

Coronavirus Fiona Kritzinger - 11 Aug 2020

The benefits of attending school outweigh the risks and public schools should be allowed to reopen for all learners

Long road ahead for tourism-sector recovery

Business Thando Maeko - 9 Aug 2020

The pandemic has caused 50 000 businesses in the sector to temporarily close, putting 600 000 jobs at risk

What a sustainable Covid-19 recovery could look like

Coronavirus Oluwaseun Oguntuase - 9 Aug 2020

Bioeconomy — using renewable biological resources — will allow Africa to transform its systems and create a viable economic future, global warming

Cambridge Food Jozini: Pandemic or not, the price-gouging continues

Business Paddy Harper - 9 Aug 2020

The Competition Commission has fined Cambridge Food Jozini for hiking the price of its maize meal during April

False dawn gives Ace all the cards

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 9 Aug 2020

The unrepentant, recalcitrant ANC secretary general thinks it’s okay for his and other wayward comrades’ kids to loot

Fees free fall, independent schools close

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 8 Aug 2020

Parents have lost their jobs or had salaries cut; without state help the schools just can’t survive

Businesses should use alternative energy sources, industry bodies advise

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 8 Aug 2020

Business associations are urging companies to continue seeking alternative energy sources in light of Eskom’s court judgement which would allow the utility to bump up electricity prices up to 15% from next year April 2021.

Special Investigating Unit probes Covid-19 tenderpreneurs

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 8 Aug 2020

The SIU is investigating 102 companies doing business with the provincial government in Gauteng alone

Editorial: The public has a right to know

Coronavirus Editorial - 8 Aug 2020

Transparency and accountability have lost currency in the treasury, and we are all the poorer for it.

Vaccine trial results due in December

Coronavirus Athandiwe Saba - 7 Aug 2020

If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed

Homecoming: Quarantine chronicles

Coronavirus Kate Bartlett - 7 Aug 2020

Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends

Online fairs change art market

Coronavirus Mary Corrigall - 7 Aug 2020

Covid-19 could have a positive effect on the quality of artistic fare.

The PPE scandal that the Treasury hasn’t touched

Coronavirus Sabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo Jika & Sarah Smit - 6 Aug 2020

Many government officials have been talking tough about dealing with rampant corruption in PPE procurement but the majority won't even release names of who has benefited from the R10-billion spend

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