Independent reports slam Cape Town’s Covid-19 homeless site, the city says things have improved since independent monitors visited the site
As jobs dry up, South Africans living in Saudi Arabia have little choice but to leave
The Ramaphosa Presidency has been praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the compensating measures that accompany it are inadequate to protect much of the population
The plight of international students studying at the University of the Witwatersrand is echoed around the world
The Serbian tennis ace, who is in lockdown in Spain, spoke out against being forced to receive a vaccination in order to travel to tournaments
Without the means to leverage lockdown as a time to grow, Covid-19 reinforces how access to data remains a barrier to young people’s progress
The key to containing ‘kokoro korona’ is to speak to people in their own languages
Charles Eisenstein’s book, Sacred Economics, offers some practical alternatives to neoliberal capitalism
Why should we applaud those giving away a fraction of their fortune; the same people who have a hand in creating such inequities?
The fallouts from unethical experiments include distrust of public health officials and poor participation in research studies by members of vulnerable populations. People involved in vaccine trials must be recognised as partners, rather than pawns
An executive centre that makes decisions quickly is advisable to ensure staff, students and research are well taken care of
Our global health is only as strong as our most vulnerable community. The coronavirus pandemic can be defeated — but only if we leave no one behind
The government’s response to Covid-19 has been criticised by opposition leaders
Practitioners inform staff that the government’s rejection of R10-billion bailout last week almost guarantees that the prospect of rescue is now impossible
Despite the long history of medical racism, any potential Covid-19 vaccines must be tested in Africa — but not only on the continent
The latest member of the benevolent billionaires club could learn from what his peers have done right — and wrong
State says alcohol increases medical emergencies at a time when hospitals need to be ready ‘to receive and treat vast numbers of Covid-19 patients’
How online media during the Coronavirus lockdown foreshadows a permanently encapsulated life
The well-being of each of us is dependent on the well-being of our fellow beings. This interconnectivity means trust in government and institutions matters a great deal
Most political parties have not made their constituents aware of how to gain access to their members of Parliament
Authoritarian leaders have often used natural disasters to tighten their grasp on power. We are seeing the same happen during the coronavirus crisis, in dictatorships and democracies alike
South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home
This week’s cartoon in the M&G by Carlos is on keeping the perfect distance in the time of Covid-19
Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers
A research institution says the government should guarantee small businesses’ debt in order to keep the sector that employs millions of South Africans afloat amid Covid-19
All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department
In eThekwini a successful scheme is helping homeless people, but some say the lack of drugs to feed their addictions means it is better to stay away
The enforcement of the lockdown has seen authorities inflict brutal actions on citizens
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health
While the president takes charge of the national effort against Covid-19, provincial premiers are using the crisis to show they too a leading from the front
A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place