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
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
After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus
Dr Matshidiso Moeti’s father helped to eliminate smallpox. Now she’s leading Africa’s efforts against the coronavirus
In the past few weeks, nature has expanded into the spaces we have ceded by going into isolation
The days roll into one another as I work the phone to feed the news machine. I’d like to be fed too . . . but my butcher betrayed me
Estimates hint that the scaling down of work in response to Covid-19 will result in a sharp drop in production in April and by 4.5% for the year
Movement in the grocery and pharmacy category — supermarkets, food warehouses, farmers’ markets, specialty food shops and pharmacies — has dropped by 60%
The Covid-19 pandemic is throwing the poor governance of some African countries into sharp relief
Even in the best of times, there is an inherent tension between the three arms of state
As the country hunkers down for a second week of lockdown, how reliable is the data available and will it enable a sound decision for whether South Africans can leave their homes on April 16?
Treasury says the credit ratings downgrade “could not have come at a worse time”, as country enters a 21-day Covid-19 lockdown with little money saved up
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse
In one part of the rural Eastern Cape, some people say they are continuing with life as normal; others did not hear or watch the president’s lockdown announcement because they had no electricity
Small businesses are choosing to adapt and upgrade their offering in order to keep their heads above water until Covid-19 is contained
One company is Durban has turned to producing protective face masks
Schools were supposed to open on April 14, but with the lockdown only ending on April 16, they will remain closed
A falling out between partners in the controversial R100-million contract to do boiler tube maintenance at Eskom’s Medupi power station is threatening to scupper the entire project. The Mail & Guardian has learned that a falling out between former Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza’s relative Nomvula Mabuza and her former partner Drazan Vrca has escalated to […]
While most of Netflix’s live-action productions have been suspended, work on Mama K’s forges on from the comfort of animators’ couches and kitchen tables
As the country prepares to go into lockdown, residents fear that they may be at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19
But only if draconian border closures are accompanied by effective public health interventions
Online interventions are most likely going to benefit the middle class and the rich and children from working-class families will lose out
Covid-19 has put a strain on the limping economy and something must be done to keep it going
This takes the rate to 5.25% per annum, from 6.25%
Engen will oppose the application by civil rights nonproft Right2Know to be a friend of the court in the precedent-setting case
Irregular contract modifications have caused both costs and delays to escalate
It’s officially official, we will have no football in the country until further notice
Ten judges say that, in the dispute between the Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his deputy Patricia Goliath, their colleague has shown a serious lack of integrity
A special executive committee meeting of business, labour and government was held on Monday to discuss a common programme to slow down the spread of Covid-19
Money from the national disaster management fund will be used to fight the spread of the coronavirus and funds from other departments could be used as well
The Gauteng Saturday School has produced a number of success stories
Investors come to a balanced fund because they want growth