The province says the increase in Covid-19 cases has made it re-evaluate some decisions
What do Covid-19, the killing of George Floyd and the toppling of statues express about the human condition at this time of disease-anxiety and global economic recession?
The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this
Africans can lead the charge to decolonise the profit-driven biomedical system by challenging European and American claims to prioritised access to the Covid-19 vaccine
As the coronavirus restrictions on mass gatherings persist, Nigeria is having to tone down the grand events it cherishes
Physical distancing rules do not have to mean that we work in isolation; on the contrary, the need for communication has never been greater
Only grades six, 11 and R will return to school as expected, with the rest to be phased in later in the month
Like flotsam you float from one unknown place to another, to seek and establish equilibrium — only to have it all disrupted by a pandemic
The African Union’s human rights boss has expressed grave concerns about the erosion of human rights during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
We can gamble and eat out and one day gwais will be legal, but staying pozi is best — the
virus is gaining on us, writes Paddy Harper
But solutions can only be truly effective if funding and threat information reaches the local level
We just have to ask ourselves if we are as willing to sacrifice to save our grandchildren as we have shown ourselves to be when it came to trying to save older people, the sick and the poor from Covid-19
State bodies shielding workers have been weakened by budget cuts and high demands
The fund has been selling assets to make Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme payouts
Towards the end of level four of the lockdown, Sassa offices reopened for applications for old age pensions and childcare and foster care grants, but not for disability grants
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 health crisis
White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society
Gauteng chairperson, Mike Moriarty, says the party needs stability, not controversy, at its helm
The warning signs couldn’t be clearer that we need to act now to prevent millions dying from starvation
Football will return, but the players are likely to have very little time to acquaint themselves with the “new normal”
Four police officers are being investigated after a video of them evicting a man, who had been bathing at the time, was circulated on social media
Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy
It may well be that we have warm bodies in schools, but to think their minds are highly productive is a reach
Four affected schools have remained closed because they don’t meet the Covid-19 regulations, due in part, to the defacement caused
Young people answered the call to service during this crisis and made a significant contribution during lockdown, they deserve to be recognised as changemakers
After just three months of lockdown, more than 100 000 workers could lose their jobs
About 1 600 families in the Stjwetla shack settlement in Alexandra, Johannesburg are standing on the verge of seismic change. This is one of their stories
Like all of us, Derek Davey is trying to put on a brave face as we live through a once-in-a-life-time disaster
This simple actuarial model uses general guidelines, rather than data and assumptions about Covid-19 specifically, to simulate the effect of safety protocols
Those who want a non-racial and equal society need to unite against both whites and blacks who collaborate to entrench a racist system
The TV cartoon character — think Homer Simpson meets Robin Hood — with added propaganda
Expectations that the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on independent candidates may give the majority of voters a stronger voice are premature and largely unwarranted