Opinion and Analysis

The Covid grant should be R585, so everyone can afford to eat

Black Sash launches a report into the implementation and impact of the Covid-19 SRD Grant

Covid-19 vaccines: Current challenge is not supply but using the available vaccines

The government’s plan requires vaccinating one million people per week, but it has only fully vaccinated 1.4 million people in nine weeks.

Unrest July 2021: Personal notes from a KZN reporter

“On Wednesday night for the first time in days, I went to bed with a little bit of hope”

There is no right to carry a gun under our Constitution

Yet much debate on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is based on the “right” to have a gun for self-defence

We shouldn’t shift vaccines away from the elderly

Less than 40% of people over 60 have been vaccinated

Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?

Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency

South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

Our health in brief - part one: Workers’ compensation and the Road Accident Fund

Our health in brief - part two: What are municipalities doing?

Our health in brief - part three: What we spend on health

Our health in brief - part four: How will the health system cope over the next four years?

Covid-19: one month of discipline could save 20,000 lives

The time for social distancing is right now

It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa

“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.”

Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed

City’s approach to homeless people is not working

This simplistic narrative of helping to reduce homelessness by just donating to one group of shelters is harmful

South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost

The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.