The pastors must be happy. They can peddle their ‘cures’ again to congregating potential Covid-19 cases. Spare us, Dlamini-Zuma
The harmful economic effect of the pandemic has seen small businesses lose out, but others have been able to survive by changing to suit the times
Despite its liberal and secular Constitution, South Africa is a religious country. It is a country built on the foundations of African belief systems, the Calvinism of the first European settlers — Dutch and French — and the Protestantism of 1820 British settlers. The Cape Malay slaves brought Islam. Indentured labourers from India docked in […]
Homophobia in the digital space has violent real-world consequences for Nigeria’s queer community
Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage
With the shift to lockdown level three on Monday, details are emerging of how the previous relaxation added pressure to the already poorly performing Eastern Cape Covid-19 response
Despite the strain of lockdown, some restaurateurs are keeping bellies full
Officials in Beaufort West, which is on a route that links the Cape with the rest of the country, are worried relaxed lockdown regulations mean residents are now at risk of contracting Covid-19
Personal protective equipment had not been delivered to all schools, some had not been cleaned and some provinces were still in a process of recruiting people who will be responsible for screening for Covid-19
Ahead of their opening, the basic education department has given schools three models to consider to ensure physical distancing
As I reflect on my time as editor amid today’s uncertain world, one thing is certain: the M&G’s importance in our media landscape
Staff at Tygerberg hospital detail how, despite their fear of the coronavirus, they continue to help in the medical response to the pandemic
‘Sweeties’ (cigarettes) for R150, and marching on Parliament — an insight into the social-media groups popping up to push back against lockdown regulations
The local government minister has laid out how lockdown level three will work, but she warned that it comes with a danger of Covid-19 spreading further
The government has zeroed in on youth unemployment, but the coronavirus pandemic threatens to leave young people even more vulnerable than before
Schools are to start a phased reopening from June 1, but Covid-19 protocols must be in place. And teachers will also have to deal with learners’ and parents’ uncertainty created by the pandemic
With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common
The government should do more to develop and upskill these young entrepreneurs who are already street smart
The continent’s interconnectedness is what will be its catalyst for recovery
Handling a global crisis is not that different from dealing with partnership break-downs
The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start
What was the City of Cape Town thinking when it decided to round up homeless people and put them in a camp?
The board of inquiry also found that it was Khosa and his brother-in-law Thabiso Muvhango who caused the altercation with the defence force members
The methods that work in Western nations rarely translate into African contexts
About 20 people in South Africa die each day from the coronavirus, and this number may peak at 300, while positive cases may reach 8 000 a day, according to some projections
Last week the department of labour announced that more than R14-billion had been paid to workers, but some are still struggling to access the fund
A survivor tells of how Islamists carrying AK-47s arrived on motorbikes, forced fleeing children to lie on the ground and beat teachers before setting a building on fire
In countries such as Uganda, Zimbabwe and Egypt female champions are beaten up, sexually abused, jailed and even “disappeared”
The problem with high-tech is that there is just way too much to choose from
We have an abundance of land, sun, wind, and rivers to power up an ecologically sound development process for the 21st century
Without an accurate understanding of the dilemmas which overwhelm us, our efforts to produce effective and far-reaching strategies or solutions for change will fail
In a country with more than 35 000 Covid-19-related deaths at the time of writing and an economy staring into an uncertain abyss, the fate of an incomplete football season really shouldn’t matter. But this is England and of all the things that don’t matter, football matters the most. It matters so much that the strategy […]