The African nation is hoping to use the tournament to paper over the divisions of the Anglophone crisis and the cracks made by a dictator who has ruled for almost four decades. Will it work?
The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism and James Oatway visited George Mukhari academic hospital to document the second-wave realities experienced by doctors and nurses
South African schools have yet to open for the 2021 academic year and experts are sounding the alarm over lost learning time, especially in the crucial grades one and 12
Africa must use its best minds to negotiate a mutually beneficial economic relationship
South Africans have been waiting too long and it is time for the government to deliver on its vaccine plan
The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus
The South African Reserve Bank’s MPC has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged, at 3.5%, to let the actions it took last year trickle down into the economy
It seems that participating in the trial in South Africa does not count towards research and development to ensure this country an affordable price of the Covid-19 vaccine.
In his announcement, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the late minister ‘a life-long champion of freedom and democracy’
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the Covid-19 — called 501Y.V2 — had been identified in South Africa. Here’s a look at what we’ve learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country’s second wave of infections
Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president
The basic education department has said that it is almost done with the marking process and that the capturing of marks is in progress.
Soup for the Sick is nourishing hundreds of people too ill to cook for themselves
George Euvrard spoke to Athandiwe Saba about his passion for education, clues on how to solve his crosswords and the importance of celebrating South Africa.
The MKMVA spokesperson has been asked to give reasons why he should not be fired from his position at Luthuli House after attacking Jesse Duarte last week
Inmates comprise a vulnerable group in society and they are meant to receive Covid-19 vaccines earlier than the general population. This has sparked debate locally and globally
Nearly a year after Nzimande announced that NSFAS beneficiaries would receive laptops as part of the interventions for Covid-19 at higher education institutions, the devices are yet to be delivered
Although the new strain 501Y.V2 of the virus has spread 50% more rapidly, current evidence shows that it is not more severe than the one experienced in the first wave
Some people believe a drug used to treat parasites is a Covid cure. But science, not social media, is the only way to determine its efficacy
If herd immunity is reached and life returns to ‘normal’, people may switch spending to things they gave up and the desire to DIY may subside
The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections
The pandemic is happening in the context of a healthcare system we have allowed to decay
New regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges could boost investor confidence in such assets
The pandemic has provided humanity with a taste of a future at the limits of existence, as well as an appetite for change
A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying empty
Education department delays 2021 academic year as the Covid-19 death and infection rates rise rapidly, but assures 2020 matrics that results will be released on time
The number of admissions drastically increased in the first two weeks of January, showing the highest numbers since the pandemic reached SA across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless
According to data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the past two weeks have seen more than 650 patients having to be put on ventilators
The collaborative online encyclopedia, which has become a reliable source amid a flood of misinformation, turns 20 today
Hedging and hoarding behaviour around vaccine access was inevitable, but it will be impossible for the global economy to recover until the majority of the world’s citizens have been inoculated
Paddy Harper finds his ANC councillor has led him, but much like Donald Trump, it was down a garden path