Corona Lead
latest news & developmentsHow McKinsey is making $100m and counting) advising the US government’s coronavirus response
For the world’s best-known corporate-management consultants, helping tackle the pandemic has been a bonanza. It’s not clear what the US government has gotten in return
Meet the ‘Corona Guy’ fighting Covid-19 disinformation in Kenya’s refugee camp
One radio presenter is using the airwaves to bring vital facts about the virus to Dadaab’s 217 000 residents
Transgender rights activists champion telemedicine
Little or no access to certain health treatments is nothing new for trans people. But Covid-19 has made it worse, they say, and now is the ideal time to reconsider telemedicine
Classes under coronavirus are ‘weird’
Two matric learners talk about not being able to mingle with friends, anxiety about their exams and what happens outside the schoolyard
SA needs to restrain use of force by police
‘Less lethal’ weapons have resulted in deaths and severe injuries, yet there are still no guidelines
Call in the medics: Beds don’t cure people
As positive Covid-19 cases climb rapidly, health facilities will need more doctors and nurses
Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic
Police treat sex workers like they are ‘nothing’
Those on the street say that the usual abuse has intensified under the lockdown
Covid concerns have call centres closing doors — and opening new ones
The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future
Universities can decide which students return to campus, even if they are not in their final year
Higher education minister expands the allowance for who can be on campus, but numbers cannot be more than a third of the student population
Ipid recommends disciplinary action against police who watched Khosa beating
Police watchdog report finds that metro police members did not participate in the assault
South Africa must flatten the inequality curve
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…
Abandoned by their employers, Ethiopian domestic workers are left stranded in Beirut
Kicked out of Lebanese homes and denied entry into the Ethiopian consulate, Beirut’s Ethiopian house helpers are being abandoned on the streets
Mapisa-Nqakula ‘regrets confusion’ after contradictory statements on Khosa case
The minister’s media statement follows a letter from Khosa’s attorneys that they were considering a perjury charge or a complaint with the Public Protector
High-risk teachers vulnerable to Covid-19 now know how they will be treated
Protocols have now been established for school educators who are aged 60 and above and for those with comorbidities