Monumental disparities raise the risk of epic upheaval in South Africa and globally
CoViD-19
Posted inGeneral
Why do foreign donors wish to control African CSOs?
Donors keep telling Africans to ‘be patient’ and ‘remain hopeful’, but most haven’t increased their funding since Covid-19
Posted inBusiness
‘Go local’ say small-scale farmers and retailers
Strategies for how to become more resilient were discussed at a meeting held in Pietermaritzburg
Posted inGeneral
Sex workers, former inmates and people who use drugs help to feed the world during the pandemic
But now funders need to explicitly include food provision as an essential part of Covid-19 relief
Posted inNews/Politics
Clean-up after South Africa’s violence reveals a deeper rot
Is a system that leaves people with nothing left to lose in any way worth supporting?
Posted inNews/Politics
Our responses to social unrest and structural uncertainty are not enough
Social protection strategies that emphasise systemic responses only to ‘livelihood shocks and uncertainties’ hardly take into account the ways in which poverty and unemployment are produced and reproduced in South Africa
Posted inBusiness
Active steps to ensure our cities’ social and economic sustainability need to be taken now
Waiting until we emerge from this pandemic will only perpetuate our problems
Posted inHealth
Covid-19: Fast and furious like a runaway car
But we need to take care of the metaphors we use to describe the pandemic
Posted inGeneral
Remembering Shona Bagley and other loved ones
Death is everywhere. Charmain Naidoo thinks about her encounters with that dark word and world
Posted inHealth
Covid-19: It’s all up to the government
The government must mass vaccinate the entire population now
Posted inHealth
Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates
‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside