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
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
An executive centre that makes decisions quickly is advisable to ensure staff, students and research are well taken care of
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
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’
Research at Stellenbosch University looks at the link between viral infections and cardiovascular disease
How online media during the Coronavirus lockdown foreshadows a permanently encapsulated life
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
In the first weeks of the lockdown, workers reported that they had been left with nothing to survive on as their employers failed to apply to the UIF
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
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
Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
Northern Cape residents who receive social grants say they’re being excluding from receiving food assistance packages
Learners and teachers are keen to get back to class as government tries to find a workable solution
Despite R50 billion being pumped into the state airline, the current collapse was always likely thanks to political appointees, corruption and the ANC not deciding what it wanted out of SAA, writes Sabelo Skiti
Scathing investigations dig into a problematic procurement process at the billion-rand National Housing Finance Corporation, which is tasked with helping to fix the country’s housing backlog
Measures to contain Covid-19, including the lockdown, are costly and hurt the economy
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
‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health
Read the amended national lockdown regulations
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
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Ronald Lamola will brief the nation on regulations pertaining to the extension of the lockdown
As Covid-19 upends life, it has taught us critical lessons and offers an opening to confront other crises. Political will is required, of course
The City’s Covid-19 homeless site has been criticised for being inadequate to shelter the most vulnerable from the Coronavirus storm, while drug addicts say they’re being left to suffer due to inadequate medical attention