We are humans, not just numbers, and we need to tell people’s stories and acknowledge our fears
Zoom has become popular during virus lockdowns worldwide for everything from virtual school classes to business meetings — but Human Rights Watch criticised its use to mete out capital punishment
South Africa won’t have enough hospital beds, intensive care or otherwise, to treat Covid-19 patients, official predictions reveal. But there’s still time to act, say experts
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an amicus curae in the case between the City of Cape Town and the SAHRC
Education minister says schools will reopen for Grades 7 and 12 on June 1, and she cannot guarantee that “no one will die”
University to open residences for students who struggle to study remotely, and those who need labs on campus to finish their 2020 studies
The tyranny of the markets is evident, with the cigarette company exemplifying this through its bid to weaken the government’s measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus
The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks
Covid-19 exposes the continued inability of white South Africa to critically reflect on their positionality or engage in meaningful, self-reflective, and constructive debate
The legacy of Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, who died from complications related to Covid-19, helps us understand how powerful and yet constrained Nigeria’s presidency is
A high court ruling in Zambia could mean redistributed land and compensation for communities who were evicted for commercial farming
Street traders are central to food security in Johannesburg. But since being declared an essential service under lockdown, street trade in South Africa’s biggest city has returned to uneven ground
We should learn from history that prohibitions tend not to work, even if the intention is good
Today, the whole world stands where Europe was in 1945. Europe recovered then thanks to massive international assistance. That same attitude of cooperation and solidarity is needed now more than ever
Europe is just beginning to emerge from the lockdowns to halt the outbreak, which has taken a huge bite out of national economies
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
We need it to help us act responsibly when the world as we knew it seems to have shifted. It gives us something to hold on to and free us from fear’s grip
Using a variety of methods and interactions, teachers and students have had to adapt to a new idea of the classroom
Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was a textbook example of what not to do, you will have to do it all differently
In its ruling the high court sought to restore the ‘social contract’ between citizens and government after the assault and death of Collins Khosa
Especially in a country like South Africa with its huge inequalities, a digital divide and teacher unions
Brutality at the hands of those meant to protect us is just too common in our society and is mostly targeted at poor, black people
South Africa’s lockdown is not an ‘elimination lockdown’, nor a ‘flatten the curve lockdown’. Instead, our ‘delay lockdown’ has its own set of implications
The state of politics and geopolitics has been exacerbated, rather than stabilised, by the coronavirus crisis
The facility in Cape Town was about quarantining the most vulnerable — the homeless — rather than preventing Covid-19
Nearly half of all workplaces inspected by the department of labour found to be unsafe
South Africa has largely escaped the fate of several European countries and the United States, but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare, just in case
Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses
Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it
“Now that fossil fuels don’t give long-term security, or an absurd return on investment, there is a real chance to look at the world differently.”
Money-lending and DIY products have allowed this pawn shop to thrive during the lockdown
People are handing over their pets to shelters, but they too are battling financially