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COVID 19

Struck by columnist’s remorse: Ramaphosa shouldn’t have listened to me

I dodged it for two years, but the virus found me – right after I’d criticised the president for not lifting restrictions yet

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
A general view of burnt out goods after a Pick n Pay truck was torched along the N1 in Klipheuwel on July 08, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that both the N7 and N1 were affected by protests after a nationwide call for truck drivers to stop operating to protest the employment of foreign drivers. The truck drivers also threatened to shut down the whole country. (Photo by Jacques Stander/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
DOCUMENTATION

Brakes put on foreign truck drivers

New legislation aims to protect local jobs in the transport sector amid questions as to whether SA has enough willing and skilled drivers

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
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CIVIL RIGHTS

Covid-19 a stress-test for legislative emergency provisions in African countries

Research by a Cape-based academic centre found that the implementation of legislative provisions was done selectively in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia

  • Marcia Zali
3 min read
Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province would do whatever is needed to address the shortage of additional space and beds to accommodate the rising Covid-19 admissions in hospitals.
BUDGET SPEECH

Gauteng’s third-wave contagion is heading towards a worst-case scenario

Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
As Europeans currently experience these short-lived restrictions on movement, it is an exceptional time to reflect on what Africans endure permanently in all of Europe’s name and the significance of freedom of movement to everyone in the world.
AFRICA
Video

Freedom of movement and Africa’s eternal lockdown

Europeans currently experiencing a temporary lockdown should reflect on the fact that many Africans live permanently in a form of continental lockdown

  • Iriann Freemantle
4 min read