Coronavirus Inspire
latest news & developmentsGauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku’s first rule: Don’t panic
As Gauteng braces for its Covid-19 peak, the province’s MEC for health, Bandile Masuku, is putting his training to the test as he leads efforts to tackle the impending public…
Q&A: 9 things to know about Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine trial
In about a year we’re likely to know if a candidate vaccine we’re beginning to test this week is effective against a virus that has devastated our country
The man who built a blockade to save his village from Covid
Cities lead the spike in new Covid-19 cases. But in the Western Cape village of Genadendal, where people trace their roots back to the Khoi and freed slaves, one man was worried…
Meet the ‘Corona Guy’ fighting Covid-19 disinformation in Kenya’s refugee camp
One radio presenter is using the airwaves to bring vital facts about the virus to Dadaab’s 217 000 residents
Foodies cook up feeding schemes
Despite the strain of lockdown, some restaurateurs are keeping bellies full
Family literacy: The glue that binds us
The lockdown is an ideal time to reintroduce storytelling at home and in the process promote a love of reading
Listen to the voice of Generation C — they have answers for Africa’s future
Many young people already know how to deal with the problems the Covid-19 pandemic has wrought — they have been living with them all along
How coronavirus is affecting Kenya’s hearing impaired citizens
A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation
The Ugandan good Samaritan sanitising hospitals and police stations
Compelled to make a difference during the Covid-19 pandemic, an IT consultant is now helping to keep essential services workers healthy
What we are learning about distance learning
Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown
Homeless but ready for Covid-19
A 71-year-old’s car is his home and that is where he says he will reluctantly ride out the pandemic
Slice of life: ‘People have more compassion’
You know, this coronavirus thing, I just feel, if South Africans can stick together, we’ll get through this
Waste pickers reclaim their power
Reclaimers have not been deemed essential workers amid the Covid-19 lockdown, threatening their already precarious livelihoods. But they will not let each other starve
Be at war with the coronavirus, not with each other
If we are to flatten the curve of this virus and ensure that it does not attack as hard as it has done in some European countries, we need to put petty differences aside and be…
Lockdown heroes feed hungry kids
Feeding schemes inundated with requests to assist during Covid-19 lockdown