Parents have lost their jobs or had salaries cut; without state help the schools just can’t survive
The SIU is investigating 102 companies doing business with the provincial government in Gauteng alone
Transparency and accountability have lost currency in the treasury, and we are all the poorer for it.
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.
If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed
Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends
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
The disciplinary paralysis in the ANC makes dealing with graft an ambitious exercise in futility
In light of irregular spending on Covid-19 procurement, Cosatu recommends that politically connected people be barred from doing business with the state
The obvious hurdle is how to deal with economic inequalities among students, while other difficulties are communication without the physical aspects and how to build trust.
Reports of corruption, over-pricing and the delivery of sub-standard PPE have become the norm over the past five months as the country grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic
The economy as a whole will benefit from investment in young entrepreneurs
To stave off a multi-generational malnutrition crisis, the food industry must work with government to provide highly nutritious foods at cost during the pandemic
Economically disadvantaged students suffer most from disrupted education, but they also have the most to contribute to lessening inequality when we build the new normal
Loneliness can seem like a hopeless hole that increases anxiety, depression, fears or thoughts of suicide
Because of the government’s indecisiveness, we have missed the boat on charting new territory for learning
‘Cabin Fever’, written, directed and produced by Tim Greene, was filmed on cellphones during the hard lockdown earlier this year. It’s a no-budget triumph
Executive directors earn 66 times the national minimum wage and are overwhelmingly white, a report by assurance, advisory and tax services company PwC has found
The province has reported a drop in new infections, especially in densely populated areas such as Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Gugulethu, Nyanga and Manenberg.
The parents of the 2020 crisis have little say about their children’s education
Schooling is stuck in the 1950s, but technology must be blended with the basics of education
The Covid-19 pandemic gives universities an opportunity to find new ways of ensuring the health and well-being of students
Teachers who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week are not confident that any effective teaching and learning will take place during this academic year, even if it is extended
Schools have been closed again. After months of doing schoolwork at home, not all parents think their children are ready to move to the next grade
More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices
The future is uncertain, and the number of people suffering from anxiety and depression is rising
The years-long battle against the EnviroServ waste site at Shongweni has taken a new turn
Mediclinic workers say the company is not taking responsibility for a Covid-19 outbreak at a Pretoria hospital
The IMF loan is given with false motivation — to provide political cover for entrenched neoliberalism and deep cuts in the public service
Xenophobia stalks us in this moment of crisis; our hope lies in humanity’s capacity to rebuild
The pandemic has disrupted governments’ plans to flatline the upward trajectory of global warming
Some people report testing positive for Covid-19 after initially having the disease and then testing negative. Scientists are still trying to understand if this means that reinfection is possible