Covid-19 16.5.2020 09:11 am
Why SA needs to stop dithering and get to at least level 2 lockdown ASAP
A group of academics has joined the growing chorus of people calling on government to accept we will have to learn to live with the coronavirus, and the sooner the better.
Decision-making at the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (the coronavirus causing COVID-19) was constrained by a paucity of medical evidence and epidemiological data. Knowledge gained over the past two months can therefore inform the next phase of the strategy.
Covid-19 How Covid-19 panic buying reveals SA’s inequalities
The majority of consumers in SA are unable to fill up a trolley in the best of times, let alone to finance a serious stockpile.
Talking Point Public approval is Ramaphosa’s only defence against his enemies in the ANC
Ultimately, it is critical that Ramaphosa appreciates that salvation lies outside the ANC rather inside.
Talking Point South Africa has huge ‘green fuels’ potential. But it needs to act now
There is a golden opportunity for SA to transition from being a key contributor to global warming to becoming a key contributor to global emissions reductions.
Talking Point Inflexible unionists beware: It’s SAA today, Eskom tomorrow
If we needed a clearer message from the state that it is no longer business as usual, it is SAA’s move into business rescue.
Talking Point Indigenous peoples are actually in favour of River Club development
This will be the realisation of a dream we have fought for throughout the resurgence of the our people.
Talking Point Is South Africa on the brink of a tax revolt?
People have become more restive about paying taxes to a government mired in allegations of corruption.
Talking Point Every day now a battle against extinction for humanity
The time to think anew about climate change and act is now, as time is of the essence.
Politics SA’s white liberals chose white politics in 1968. And chose it again in 2019
The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the DA, holds on to its race-blindness by distorting the idea of non-racialism.
Business News Amid the hundreds of billions in pledges, Ramaphosa still has his work cut out
Unless the big issues are addressed, many may continue viewing events like the investment conference simply as mere talk shops.
Talking Point We need to talk about Mmusi – IRR
The institute’s head of media responds to the former DA leader saying some of its members don’t want ‘a reconciled South Africa that redresses historical injustices’.
Talking Point Freedom of thought is under attack – here’s how to save your mind
To lose freedom of thought would be to lose something uniquely human.
Crime Robert McBride hits back at investigative ‘hatchet job’ against him and IPID
RIGHT OF REPLY: The former IPID boss claims that recent exposés about the police watchdog don’t grasp the full picture.
Talking Point Xenophobia puts South Africa’s moral authority in Africa at risk
Xenophobia negates the spirit of pan-Africanism, especially its ideal that Africans share a mutual bond, regardless of their geographical location.
Africa Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis: time for second government of national unity?
Robert Mugabe may be dead, but the ghost of decades of ruin remain.