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JUDITH FEBRUARY: We need clear COVID-19 messaging from government
The worst is coming and wide-scale public education and benevolent ‘policing’ within key areas should be the order of the day, writes Judith February.
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GEOFFREY MAKHUBO: Our youth mustn’t be content to dig COVID-19 graves
Imagine what we could achieve if young people, with their propensity to influence trends, were to decide that the new fashion to be followed is one that is consistent with saving lives, writes Geoffrey Makhubo.
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RUBY HEALING: How SA’s young, white people can help fight racism
We’ve all faced some sort of discrimination in our lives due to our gender, race, sexuality, religion, abilities or even socio-economic status. But there are things that young, white people can do to bring about change, writes Ruby Healing.
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YONELA DIKO: COVID-19 & the water sector: Crisis often inspires reform
Our relationship with water cannot just be a hollow one between rain and our cups, writes Yonela Diko.
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ANALYSIS: Who has been hit hardest by SA’s lockdown?
The net effect is that the shocks are most severe on poorer, more vulnerable households.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: SA must strengthen its justice system
In his weekly letter, the president call on young men in particular to take up the struggle against gender-based violence.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: We can’t afford to take our foot off the pedal with COVID-19
The clear messaging that now has to come from government is that the pandemic is not yet at its peak and it is deadly and dangerous, writes Judith February.
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KAYLEEN MORGAN: A letter to my media colleagues on how to treat funerals
An open letter by Kayleen Morgan to fellow journalists on how to treat stories of grief with respect.
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'Covid-19 is vascular disease – not respiratory one. Taking aspirin makes sense'
Dr Jaco Laubscher (a physician specialising in vascular biology) shares findings that may revolutionise how we treat Covid-19.
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MABINE SEABE: Our 'best' schools' alumni must help end racism at alma maters
St John's College old boy Mabine Seabe writes alma maters should be mobilising to help end racism and bigotry at private and former model-C schools.
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ANALYSIS: Twitter is the new, virtual picket line
Social media provides a natural vent for outrage and a meeting ground to coordinate with like-minded people when there’s no established forum for it.
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REGINALD KGWEDI: Not subsidising taxis should be declared economic sabotage
We call the minibus taxi industry "public transport", but there is no subsidy to support it as other transport modes have, writes Reginald Kgwedi.
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ANALYSIS: George Floyd protests show how US has retreated as a world leader
America, the land of the ethno-racial melting pot, is once again facing what the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal optimistically called The American Dilemma in 1944.
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ANALYSIS: What sets good and bad leaders apart in coronavirus era
It's no accident that those leaders who have responded worst to this crisis have also been the main sources of countless conspiracy theories and misinformation.
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PHUMLA WILLIAMS: Fighting COVID-19 – district by district
Contrary to what a weekend paper alleged this week, the nationally appointed teams are in no way taking over the role of the provincial or municipal leadership, writes Phumla Williams.
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ANALYSIS: Here’s why SA’s use of COVID-19 modelling has been deeply flawed
The South African government and some of its advisors want to have the best of both worlds. They want to use incorrect predictions by early models about the COVID-19 pandemic to claim success.
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YONELA DIKO: Shock therapy needed to change racist systems
The killing of George Floyd has rekindled the fire of young people, writes Yonela Diko
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Don't be scared. Be prepared
As we watch COVID-19 infections rise, we must remember we are not helpless, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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ANALYSIS: SA’s lockdown: A great start, but then a misreading of society
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
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MELISSA DU PREEZ: 50 shades of lockdown: Masked confessions
How do people date or create a sense of meaningful intimacy in the stark and frightening new reality of coronavirus, asks Melissa du Preez.
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POPPIE MPHUTHING: How George Floyd’s killing matters to everyone
White supremacy knowingly and disingenuously oppresses, silences and culturally erases people around the world, writes Poppie Mphuthing.
