We can only end hunger when people have control over what they eat and how that food is produced
The pandemic is providing mobile phone network operators with a unique chance to partner with fintech firms and banks to deliver clever e-commerce solutions to the informal sector in Africa
Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report
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…
Our economy may have doubled since 1994, but this growth has not trickled down to improve the livelihoods of the majority of South Africans
South African inventions that have changed the world are all underpinned by research, development and significant financial backing — to lose this would be tragic
A decade of reconstruction looms post-Covid. This is our chance to restructure the economy to build a more inclusive one
Equal distribution of resources will not close the access gap. Instead, resources must be deployed where they are needed most – and low-cost housing must move from the urban periphery too
Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
The pandemic has triggered a global economic crisis that will leave many South Africans without income security
Snarl-ups at the Unemployment Insurance Fund and bosses not assisting employees worsens people’s suffering
We cannot return to the pre-coronavirus crisis of unemployment, inequality and poverty. There is a moral incentive for the rich to give up some of their wealth and for the salaries of top earning civil servants, employees at state-owned entities and in the private sector to be cut
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
Technology is key for youth to access economic opportunities, however many cannot afford devices or data
A response to the coronavirus pandemic is paving the way to ensure people get the attention they deserve and hold government to account
Using a variety of methods and interactions, teachers and students have had to adapt to a new idea of the classroom
We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty
Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?
Measures need to lay the foundations of a new economy and society post the pandemic
Students at the former homeland universities battle with conditions created by poverty
Having access to care is not a promise of health
Already vulnerable, working-class and informal workers are being left destitute and unsupported
We need to be free from gross inequalities and have a responsibility to change this through compassion, justice and sacrifice
Sassa says grants to an extra six million people who lose jobs, on top of 18-million beneficiaries, means it can’t give as much to child support grants
People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty
The Ramaphosa Presidency has been praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the compensating measures that accompany it are inadequate to protect much of the population
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
With South Africa under lockdown, many South Africans are hungry — and very soon persistent hunger will dramatically increase malnutrition
How South African citizens, the police and the army, and politicians behave during the 21-day lockdown will have far-reaching implications for our democracy
Several factors unique to the continent will complicate the efforts to reduce coronavirus infections
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most
As the government bails out state-owned entities, it is leaving a hole in the budget of the agency tasked with telling us what South Africa looks like — one that is crucial to government decisions