Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
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
A report from Unesco highlights a lack of access to online learning: only 12% of learners in sub-Saharan Africa can connect to the internet at home
The world has a chance to improve the lives of women, especially those living in Africa
We cannot return to the pre-coronavirus crisis of unemployment, inequality and poverty. There is a moral incentive for the rich to give up some of their wealth and for the salaries of top earning civil servants, employees at state-owned entities and in the private sector to be cut
The protests are rooted not in the pandemic, but in centuries of discrimination
The Covid-19 pandemic provides a chance to reflect on, reimagine and reset the global economic system
Sipho Kings has been appointed the acting editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian
Using a variety of methods and interactions, teachers and students have had to adapt to a new idea of the classroom
Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it
Local government and councillors have largely failed to deliver services and on their mandate because of a lack of will to do their jobs, corruption and a shortage of people with skills
Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?
Students at the former homeland universities battle with conditions created by poverty
Forcing students to study online perpetuates inequalities and stress that not even academics are prepared for
When people call South Africa the most unequal country in the world, they’re talking about income. Now, we have a clear picture of how unequally the country’s wealth is distributed
We need to be free from gross inequalities and have a responsibility to change this through compassion, justice and sacrifice
The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide
The Ramaphosa Presidency has been praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the compensating measures that accompany it are inadequate to protect much of the population
Why should we applaud those giving away a fraction of their fortune; the same people who have a hand in creating such inequities?
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
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
What the government seems to have missed is that we are facing not just a medical crisis, but a psychosocial predicament that may have far-reaching consequences
There are no available options for containing the spread of Covid-19 that do not have serious economic costs. We need to listen to expertise, not ill-considered opinion
The Covid-19 lockdown means wealthy citizens must take a long-overdue look at our privilege. Now is the time for cross-class solidarity
Africa is no stranger to dealing with epidemics. A regional body has been established to co-ordinate responses, but fault lines are evident at a national level
But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants
Nelson Mandela University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are collaborating to realise Madiba’s dream of building a new society
Teaching coding in primary school could increase inequality if other skills are not prioritised
The president and his team must make decisions in the public’s best interests, despite the corruption and factionalism in the ANC
Young people want better representation in the corridors of power, a decent education and an economy that guarantees them jobs
Attention has been given to democratic South Africa’s first matric pass rate of more than 80%, but the reality is that schools with a 0% pass rate still exist
The state uses policies and regulations to drive socioeconomic change, but market bias dominates