How online media during the Coronavirus lockdown foreshadows a permanently encapsulated life
The well-being of each of us is dependent on the well-being of our fellow beings. This interconnectivity means trust in government and institutions matters a great deal
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
In the first weeks of the lockdown, workers reported that they had been left with nothing to survive on as their employers failed to apply to the UIF
South Africans stuck abroad are told to be patient while the government is negotiating with different countries and working on ways to bring them back home
This week’s cartoon in the M&G by Carlos is on keeping the perfect distance in the time of Covid-19
Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers
All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department
In eThekwini a successful scheme is helping homeless people, but some say the lack of drugs to feed their addictions means it is better to stay away
The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning
The enforcement of the lockdown has seen authorities inflict brutal actions on citizens
100 000 tests. 600 000 people screened. And an increase in daily tests to 30 000 — inside what the state is doing with the time the lockdown bought
Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly
We cannot implement any recommendations without an overarching council to oversee it
With little money to respond to Covid-19, the government is looking at other sources of funding
Northern Cape residents who receive social grants say they’re being excluding from receiving food assistance packages
Despite R50 billion being pumped into the state airline, the current collapse was always likely thanks to political appointees, corruption and the ANC not deciding what it wanted out of SAA, writes Sabelo Skiti
Scathing investigations dig into a problematic procurement process at the billion-rand National Housing Finance Corporation, which is tasked with helping to fix the country’s housing backlog
A snapshot of musical moments (and mishaps) as they intersected with Zimbabwe throughout the decades.
‘Port St Johns and Port Elizabeth funerals are the cause of rising numbers,’ says the department of health
The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order
Read the amended national lockdown regulations
While the president takes charge of the national effort against Covid-19, provincial premiers are using the crisis to show they too a leading from the front
A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Ronald Lamola will brief the nation on regulations pertaining to the extension of the lockdown
As Covid-19 upends life, it has taught us critical lessons and offers an opening to confront other crises. Political will is required, of course
The City’s Covid-19 homeless site has been criticised for being inadequate to shelter the most vulnerable from the Coronavirus storm, while drug addicts say they’re being left to suffer due to inadequate medical attention
The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them
By violating basic human rights, governments risk inflicting a double tragedy on their most vulnerable populations
The lockdown has exposed gross inequalities in education and society, but also gives us the opportunity to find new solutions
So far, the minister of health can be commended on his visible, open approach to keeping in touch with citizens during the pandemic
Sit up, take notice and get angry that a third of South African households have R120 or less a person a week for food, let alone nutritious food