Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient
If South Africa is prepared to draw on international harm reduction best practice, it could generate good legislation to regulate vaping and e-cigarettes cleverly
Efforts to bring Lee Nigel Tucker to justice have spanned 16 years and his alleged victims have waited for 30 years
A Covid-19 jab could cost hundreds of rands. Or not. It’s anyone’s guess. Could another pandemic almost a century ago hold clues for handling the coronavirus today?
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
Development has been set back by two decades, says the Gates Foundation Goalkeepers report
The regulations aim to prevent money laundering and financing terror organisations, but implementing them is proving to be difficult
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
The pandemic is an opportunity for universities to set new parameters for interacting with foreign students and staff
Britain’s economy will lose about £22-billion this year on the coronavirus-induced collapse of global travel, which could imperil three million jobs
A more explicit emphasis on the national interest may encourage donor countries to play ‘the long game’ in Africa
The benefits of attending school outweigh the risks and public schools should be allowed to reopen for all learners
The data shows 17 000 more people have died than usual since May, but only 6 000 deaths have officially been attributed to Covid-19
Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia
As the crisis continues to unfold, the biggest threat may be the vested interest in maintaining the civil war Therefore, with no end in sight to the conflict plaguing the nation, the question worth asking is: who benefits from a Yemen at war?
After ousting a dictator, members of Sudan’s resistance committees are now helping to fight the Covid-19 pandemic
Despite containing Covid-19, it will be some time before normal life resumes — and some measures will be written into the law
The global nature of modern trade is a vulnerability, but it will also be a valuable tool to aid in our recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic prevented me from leaving London to be at my father’s funeral in Uganda and perform the rites. Instead, I attended it online
In less than a week, 16 000 Somalis called into the government’s new coronavirus hotline. Dr Jihan Ali works there, advising callers and collecting and providing data to colleagues
The country’s elites, including the president, travelled abroad for treatment but now they must use the country’s neglected health system
Countries that have mandated mask-wearing for people going out in public have shown a decrease in the rate of Covid-19 infections
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
Last week the Brazilian health minister warned that the country’s public health system was likely to collapse under the strain of the coronavirus by the end of April. Although this was fear-inducing to most people in Brazil, that country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, decided to take selfies with supporters outside the presidency. This, despite the fact […]
Covid-19 is playing havoc with my life and mind — no hanging out in the pub and the genetically determined run on white gold
Experts emphasise that South Africa is a net exporter and there is enough food for us all
The travel restrictions will allow South Africa to turn back passengers arriving from areas affected by Covid-19 that are deemed high risk
Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow his lead
But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants
Western media has racialised the coronavirus outbreak, leading to increased Sinophobia in several countries. Such dehumanisation of a race has no place in functioning democracies
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The democractic government has not helped with the investigation into the UN leader’s death