Correctional centres across Africa are struggling to react to the pandemic and its effects on inmates
Lockdown easing will happen and so will the increase in positive cases. This balancing act will require rapid returns to stringent measures to protect thousands of lives
The uncertainty of a post-Covid-19 airspace makes it even more difficult for the airline industry to forecast its recovery
Nearly half of all workplaces inspected by the department of labour found to be unsafe
We should demand a culture of justification from our democratic government. Otherwise we are allowing ourselves to be subjects rather than citizens
The City of Cape Town is being accused of negligence as it closes the Strandfontein safety camp without testing all the people who leave
Will it be assumed that those with disabilities do not deserve life-saving care?
The new documentary on the future of our planet, executive produced by Michael Moore, fails on a number of fronts. But believers in green growth could still learn from it.
More than a quarter of prisoners have not been convicted of anything, they just couldn’t meet bail requirements
The next phase of the government’s economic strategy, which will be announced ‘soon’, is expected to detail plans to recover from the crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic
We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty
Whether citizens vote for the ruling party or the opposition, Burundi’s democracy is still in an unfavourable state
Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears people will be put out on the street when the lockdown ends
Five organisations stand firm on ensuring schools have taken all safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus when learners, teachers and school management teams return
The president’s address follows a number of meetings with Cabinet and the National Coronavirus Command Council
Our existing ethical frameworks for healthcare decisions were not devised for a pandemic – and it shows
In two recent documentaries, we finally get up close to the complicated sadness of Argentina’s original football deity
Bitter rivals are contesting the presidential election and changes to the Constitution will make it unlikely that the losing party will concede defeat, raising prospects of violent protests
A political obituary for Thomas Thabane
South Africa has made some progress in the move to cleaner energy, but at 106 out of 115 countries on the energy transition index there’s clearly much room for improvement
It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa, but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why
The way Covid-19 death facts are reported (age and comorbidities) reflects how old people and those with chronic conditions are valued. Scientifically there’s an argument for this, but morally it’s troubling
Political ideologies — communism, capitalism, liberalism — and an unrealistic view of the world as we’d like it to be got us into this mess
Demonstrations of common humanity are a powerful tool to help us navigate our way through the pandemic
When Ebola first hit Lagos, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh knew something was seriously wrong, so she did something about it
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard, making it evident that the protection of biodiversity requires other forms of protection such as stewardship
Despite Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina’s claims of a cure for Covid-19, experts say ‘there is absolutely no evidence’ that is true
In the first part of our new series, we take a look at the goal that has played on loop in our heads and on TV channels for the last decade
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
The government’s professed reliance on science to justify its response to the pandemic reveals both its overconfidence and its insecurities about getting citizens to cooperate
A journalist from Sierra Leone has to teach himself to cook during lockdown in Johannesburg
This pandemic must pose an opportunity for serious introspection by all actors involved in taking the case to court, including religious legal fraternities