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GILLIAN BENSON: I will not apologise for criticising lockdown legislation
Advocate Gillian Benson responds to an article which reported that she had agreed to step down as an acting judge after criticising government in a Facebook post.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Not even I can stop anyone from challenging govt
Every South African has a right to approach the courts, and not even the president could stand in their way exercising that right.
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MAPULE MAHLULO: Most white SA companies don't know they're B-BBEE compliant
Did they just not read the B-BBEE legislation, asks Mapule Mahlulo.
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LOCKDOWN DIARY: The anxiety of being out when we hate being in
Haji Mohamed Dawjee has started to realise the exponential dread and anxiety she feels every time she steps out of the house to buy but one potato or whatever it is that is desperately needed.
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ANALYSIS: Pentecostals and the spiritual war against coronavirus in Africa
Framing the fight against coronavirus as a spiritual war may stem from a shared sense of discomfort about an adversary without discernible conscience; an impersonal demon.
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ANALYSIS: Our COVID-19 strategy needs updating: here’s why and how
South Africa should base its COVID-19 mitigation strategy on the premise that the pandemic will last for two years unless a vaccine is developed before then.
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ANALYSIS: COVID-19 has blown away the ‘First’ & ‘Third’ world competence myth
For Anglophone Africans, it is doubly interesting that two of the greatest failures in handling COVID-19 are former coloniser, Britain, and the English-speaking superpower, the US, writes Steven Friedman.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: COVID-19: The greatest challenge remains ahead of us
In times of uncertainty, it is instinctive to try to predict the future, either as a soothing salve or as an ode to deep pessimism. The truth, of course, is that we simply don’t know how this all ends, writes Judith February.
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ANALYSIS: Exploitation changes leopard behaviour with long-term genetic costs
If left unregulated, the unsustainable exploitation of leopards will have severe ecological and evolutionary costs.
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ANALYSIS: Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for TB, protect against coronavirus?
A vaccine historically used to prevent tuberculosis is now among the contenders for a COVID-19 vaccine. So what is the BCG vaccine and why might it work against coronavirus?
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ANALYSIS: COVID-19 highlights SA’s need for local level social data
The social impacts of the coronavirus will leave a legacy long after the virus itself.
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Barbz win: Nicki Minaj finally gets her Billboard Hot 100 flowers with Doja Cat
For the first time in the history of the Billboard's Hot 100 charts, two woman rappers have now landed a number one single.
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ANALYSIS: Lockdown riles black & white South Africans: is this a reset moment?
It is remarkable how quickly South Africans have lost the sense of camaraderie and support for a strong leader, and begun to complain rather about crypto-fascist authoritarianism.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: The ‘missing link’ of accountability in SA's COVID-19 crisis
There'll be plenty of time for post-pandemic reckoning and for dissecting mistakes. But we might be able to start asking some bigger questions about the shape of our democracy and the transparency and accountability which ought to be at its heart, writes Judith Februaryjud
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Your conduct will define other people's lives
In the same way we changed our behaviour to curb HIV's spread, our behaviour must change to stop the coronavirus, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: It’s time to humanise COVID-19 in SA
While people are living with the effects of the lockdown, they are not seeing the true impact of the disease that has stalked us for months now, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Moms and Cats: A Love Story
Haji Mohamed Dawjee reflects on the sudden love between her cat and her recently widowed mother.
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OPINION: Taking a stand for sport
We are cognisant of the need to play our role in curbing the spread of COVID-19, but the government must treat each sport on a case-by-case basis, for the sake of the survival of the South African sports economy, writes Anne Vermaak of the SA Gymnastics Federation.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: The injustice of COVID-19 for women in the workplace
The coronavirus pandemic is making life even more difficult for women in the workplace, which is a theatre of patriarchy with its unforgiving twin, capitalism, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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FACT CHECK: Can alcohol ban help South Africans fight COVID-19 infection?
Africa Check looks that the claim by the South African government that alcohol weakens the immune system, making it difficult for the body to fight infections such as COVID-19.
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ANALYSIS: African nations are making masks mandatory: key questions answered
Wearing masks is being introduced in conjunction with maintaining a physical distance of at least 1.5 metres and following hygiene measures such as hand washing.
