Coronavirus

It’s worse than we thought: The state of the SABC and the political battle over retrenchments

Business Thanduxolo Jika & M&G Data Desk - 30 Jul 2020

A bloated workforce, a stalemate over retrenchments and the need for the public broadcaster to be financially viable are holding back SABC’s turnaround strategy

‘The corrupt must go to jail’

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 30 Jul 2020

As Gauteng braces itself for its Covid-19 peak, the provincial government says it is knuckling down to deal with ‘shameful’ corruption allegations

Covid logic beats ‘irrational’ human logic

Coronavirus Philip Machanick - 29 Jul 2020

The virus will lose if the government and high-profile people communicate effectively the reasons for restrictions and the compromises that have been made

South Africa gets $4.3bn IMF loan. In return, the country must reform

Business Thando Maeko - 29 Jul 2020

The loan, which is repayable over five years at an interest rate of 1.1%, comes with various self-imposed conditions such cutting the public wage bill and rationalising support to the state-owned entities

Vigorous policing of petty crime during the pandemic suggests a Pyrrhic defeat

Coronavirus Casper Lӧtter - 29 Jul 2020

The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system

Walter Sisulu University is playing catch-up with online learning

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 Jul 2020

Some affluent institutions have already finished the first semester online, but historically disadvantaged universities like Walter Sisulu University are having to start from scratch

KwaZulu-Natal is emerging as a new Covid-19 epicentre

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 28 Jul 2020

Large groups attending funerals and people delaying being tested and treated because they fear dying in hospital has contributed to a spike in coronavirus infections in KZN

Treasury: IMF’s low interest Covid-19 loan will provide financial relief

Business Thando Maeko - 28 Jul 2020

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $4.3-billion – R71-billion – loan to South Africa to bolster the economic relief package

A small number of students can return to university, but some choose not to

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jul 2020

They stayed away because they feared getting Covid-19, had comorbidities, were in quarantine, had become infected and the safety measures such as curfews were too limiting

Children will learn under lockdown

Coronavirus Elizabeth Henning - 26 Jul 2020

Just what they’ll learn or be taught will be outside the curriculum, which may have to happen later

Prohibition threatens wine industry’s survival

Business Lester Kiewit - 26 Jul 2020

According to Wosa, the South African wine industry contributes more than R40-billion to the South African economy catering for almost 300 000 jobs.

Students ‘dreams are crumbling’

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 25 Jul 2020

Those at historically disadvantaged universities feel abandoned while their peers at richer institutions continue with their studies

Our relationship with food locked down

Coronavirus Becky Opdyke - 25 Jul 2020

The pandemic could mean collective re-evaluation of healthy and cost-effective eating and also highlights how companies need to be even more connected to the consumer

Pay our Ters, with immediate effect

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 25 Jul 2020

The president moved pretty fast to shut down the boozers, but he’s dragging his heels when it comes to sorting out the UIF

Taverns hit hard by liquor ban

Business Thando Maeko - 24 Jul 2020

About R8-billion was lost during the hard lockdown and revenue is being slashed further

Job losses induce midwife crisis

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 23 Jul 2020

The pandemic has an especially dire effect on sectors dominated by women, such as birth companions. Doulas are already feeling the pinch

Excess deaths increase but we are ‘still in the dark’

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk - 23 Jul 2020

The data shows 17 000 more people have died than usual since May, but only 6 000 deaths have officially been attributed to Covid-19

The glass is half empty

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 23 Jul 2020

The ban on alcohol sales does not only affect liquor companies — it ripples lethally through other related businesses such as the bottle and packaging industry, which, if it closed, would mean job losses

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