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Women accuse aid workers of sexual abuse during the DRC’s Ebola crisis

Africa Robert Flummerfelt & Nellie Peyton - 29 Sep 2020

More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organisation...

Human health, animal health and environmental health are inextricably linked

Africa Inger Andersen & Jimmy Smith - 12 Jul 2020

To take care of ourselves, we must take care of the world around us

Covid-19 deepens the educational divide

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 26 Jun 2020

With the closure of schools, learning has moved to online platforms across the world, but a UNESCO report said only 12% of households in the least-developed countries have internet access at home

The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and Covid-19

Africa Yap Boum - 24 Jun 2020

The DRC has systematically gone about strengthening health infrastructure, engaging the community and doing better research

Images of black death satisfy disturbing desires and purposes

Opinion Patrick Gathara - 5 Jun 2020

The protests sweeping the United States after the latest police killing of a black man again speak to the ability of images to evoke powerful emotional responses

A brief history of anti-black violence in China

Opinion Winslow Robertson - 3 Jun 2020

The recent news of evictions and mistreatment of African students in China during the Covid-19 pandemic is rooted in a history of violence and discrimination

Some African countries are choosing livelihoods over lockdowns

Africa Chude Jideonwo & Damola Morenikeji - 27 May 2020

The methods that work in Western nations rarely translate into African contexts

Civil unrest turns deadly in Guinea

Africa Aanu Adeoye - 22 May 2020

Guinea’s response to the coronavirus has exacerbated the country’s existing fault lines

Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

Africa Abdul S Brima - 18 May 2020

The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks

Three months in, Covid-19 poses triple threats in Africa

Africa Edwin Ikhuoria - 18 May 2020

Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability

Looking after the Covid-19 dead to protect the living

Coronavirus Kiri Rupiah - 14 May 2020

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

Public must develop safe death rites

Coronavirus Leslie Bank - 14 May 2020

Experience in Brazil, West and South Africa show how ‘people’s science’ can manage deadly illnesses

The doctor who gave her life to stop Ebola in Nigeria

Africa Shola Lawal - 11 May 2020

When Ebola first hit Lagos, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh knew something was seriously wrong, so she did something about it

‘We cannot be complacent,’ says Africa CDC boss

Africa Simon Allison - 28 Apr 2020

Africa’s new disease control agency reacted early and quickly to the Covid-19 pandemic

Crisis, what crisis? How not to handle a pandemic

Africa Aanu Adeoye, Simon Allison, Amindeh Blaise Atabong & Abdul S Brima - 27 Apr 2020

So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously

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National

Q&A Sessions: ‘I think I was born way before my time’ — Mamodupi Mohlala

nicolene de wee - 26 Nov 2020

The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies

National

Public protector’s ‘mistakes’ were made to nail the president, court hears

Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued

National

CR17 report is not perfect, but the investigation was rational, court hears

Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

So says public protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane’s lawyer, who said she had reason to suspect the money was being laundered through the campaign

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Special Reports

Huawei Cloud’s Year-End Sales Carnival

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

Massive discounts on hot cloud services are on offer along with special coupons and other privileges, but hurry, supplies are limited!

Special Reports

Get Rewarded for banking with Standard Bank Mobile

special reports - 26 Nov 2020

Free data for your bank card spend every month will go that extra mile to help keep South Africans connected to their dreams

Special Reports

Introducing Greening the Future 2020

Staff Reporter - 26 Nov 2020

We highlight the work of those accelerating sustainable living in SA – at a vital moment for the environment

Special Reports

Western Cape SMBs look to technology to get them through pandemic

special reports - 25 Nov 2020

Many companies have over-capitalised on IT infrastructure in the past, and are looking for ways to access simpler, cheaper technology that cuts their costs

Special Reports

Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

Special Reports

Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

Special Reports

Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up