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A health worker conducts a coronavirus rapid antigen test at a Testaro Covid-19 testing site in the Goodwood district of Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. South Africa announced the discovery of a new variant, later christened omicron, on Nov. 25 as cases began to spike and the strain spread across the globe. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
COVID 19

Meet the scientists tracking Covid-19’s crappy future

Water in the country’s drains can pick up a spike in Covid-19 cases or a threatening new variant in time for clinics to prepare for an influx of patients

  • Zano Kunene
10 min read
Local residents wearing protective face masks wait at a bus stop in the Imizamo Yethu township area of Hout Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, July 24, 2020. South Africas surging coronavirus infections and the resumption of rolling blackouts are clouding the outlook for the economy. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images
CORONAVIRUS

Restrictions eased as South Africa moves to lockdown level 2

As national lockdown regulations ease, President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to vaccinate

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Khanya’s predecessor: Quintin the robot. (Damien Schumann)
COVID 19

The robot that allows Covid-19 patients human contact

A mental health pandemic: It’s far from ideal, but a dying mother was able to blow kisses to her child thanks to Khanya the robot

  • Chris Bateman
5 min read
Making ends meet: Ncebakazi Ngozana has to feed a family of five on a shoestring budget of child grants. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
2013 FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY

Inside the life of South Africans who cannot afford a nutritious meal for children

The 2020 Child Gauge is calling for a clear commitment from the government to end the “slow violence of malnutrition” faced by children

  • Marcia Zali
9 min read