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Long Read | SA must fix its ‘dop system’

Coronavirus Carlos - 22 Sep 2020

The Covid-19 lockdown has exposed the effects of South Africa’s weak alcohol regulations. Government and health campaigners want tougher policies, but the liquor giants are pushing back

Q&A Sessions: A focused recovery plan will guide us — Trudi Makhaya

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 19 Sep 2020

Trudi Makhaya, the president’s economic adviser, talks to Tshegofatso Mathe about her upbringing, favourite books, Covid-19 and solutions to get our country out of its economic stagnation, family, reading, books, literature

New laws could prove to be a win for women’s rights activists

Opinion Ropafadzo Maphosa - 19 Sep 2020

Three amendment Bills recently submitted to Parliament have the potential to change the legal landscape for sex offenders, especially the proposed duty to report and act on incidents of gender based violence

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SA Express employees in R250m crowdfunding bid to buy their airline

Business Thando Maeko - 18 Sep 2020

Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the cash-strapped airline.

Dancing on the grave of Covid?

Opinion Paddy Harper - 18 Sep 2020

Lay low for now as lockdown lifts to level one and let’s Jerusalema when the long arm of the law reaches Luthuli House

SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

Eusebius McKaiser: Why the bullshit curfew is seriously dangerous

Coronavirus Eusebius McKaiser - 17 Sep 2020

Anti-democratic creep sets in when the state feels no need to explain its irrational decisions. Is that the type of state we want to live in?

How to feed thousands

Opinion Alison Misselhorn - 12 Sep 2020

During lockdown, a powerful civil society network stepped up to the plate and managed to feed hundreds of thousands. People kept asking how this was done...

South Africa’s economy is in a severe recession

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 8 Sep 2020

StatsSa has dubbed Q2 of 2020 the “pandemic quarter” as a result of hard Covid-19 lockdown that saw most sectors of the economy plummeting

Covid wave brings second quarter slide

Business Tshegofatso Mathe & Thando Maeko - 6 Sep 2020

The gross domestic product numbers are likely to be gloomy, but the economy is not at ground zero

DA policy conference to signal which way party is headed

Politics Lester Kiewit - 3 Sep 2020

Party’s policy conference could provide clarity on its future direction and clues about the likely contenders for leadership positions

Real action on gender-based violence a pipe dream as women die every day

National Athandiwe Saba, Sarah Smit & M&G Data Desk - 27 Aug 2020

Backlogs, booze, testicular cancer — all factors blamed for the apparent ineptitude or unwillingness to tackle a pandemic that is silently killing women all over the country.

UIF resumes relief payments after investigation delay

Business Thando Maeko - 26 Aug 2020

Temporary relief payments were suspended pending an investigation, but the UIF says it’s back on track

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High court declares the City of Cape Town’s lockdown evictions illegal

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit - 25 Aug 2020

The South African Human Rights Commission and housing activists brought — and won — an application to halt lockdown demolitions of what the City of Cape Town said were unoccupied dwellings

African governments and the Covid-19 fallout

Africa Maria Sarungi-Tsehai, Nuru Mugambi & Lindelwa Farisani - 18 Aug 2020

The “Covid-19 Kairos” has provided governments with the opportunity to leverage the pandemic to create comprehensive sustainable economic development policies for all Africans

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Long Read | SA must fix its ‘dop system’

carlos - 22 Sep 2020

The Covid-19 lockdown has exposed the effects of South Africa’s weak alcohol regulations. Government and health campaigners want tougher policies, but the liquor giants are pushing back

National

Corruption allegations resurface at state biology lab

Sabelo Skiti - 20 Sep 2020

The entire finance department senior management at Onderstepoort Biological Products, including an alleged whistleblower, have been suspended amid corruption probes

National

The Qwelane case: When human rights meet human rights

Sarah Smit - 20 Sep 2020

The Jon Qwelane case brings into focus the tension between hate speech and freedom of expression

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Special Reports

Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recycling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges