Strategies for how to become more resilient were discussed at a meeting held in Pietermaritzburg
Lockdown
Posted inEquality, Gender violence
Conversations are the key to greater resilience and equality for women
Without good communication there will never be equality. Women’s voices must be heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored
Posted inHealth
Is the push for the vaccine a push too far?
In my opinion, there hasn’t been enough safety testing and I won’t be in the queue for a jab
Posted inEquality
Hysteria over declining fertility rates is just another manifestation of white supremacy
Increased immigration from the brown-youth-populated Global South to the ageing white Global North does not feature as a solution in many Western arguments. Could the fear of a “blacking of the West” be the reason?
Posted inHealth
A dog walk on lockdown lane
Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep
Posted inEquality, Health
The Covid pandemic has become a breeding ground for ideas about fake liberty
A rebuttal of Bert Olivier, whose recent opinion piece echoes every talking point of propaganda driving the agenda of authoritarianism
Posted inLifestyle
Cooking up resilience in our unjust world
Small acts of resistance and reinvention may be our most significant victories yet
Posted inGeneral
Laws outside the law
New developments regarding ‘homo sacer’ and ‘bare life’ under pandemic conditions
Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle
The great staggering: When the pre- and post-pandemic worlds converge
While 2020 was put in a holding pattern, there was consensus that the Covid-19 pandemic would produce a “new normal”. But instead of a clean slate, the new normal will be shaped by residual issues we left in 2019
Posted inGeneral
At lockdown level one, Covid-19 has not been good for democracy
Fake news and disinformation abound and mistrust means people are starting to doubt the virus even exists. This is the perfect storm for those who benefit from chaos and corruption
Posted inLifestyle, News/Politics
Stumbling upon Orania in the pandemic
It seems a road trip can take you strange places and back in time
Posted inEnvironment
Botanical gardens re-imagined go beyond simply displaying plants
Covid-19 and its socioeconomic consequences has emphasised people’s need for these places: research, biodiversity conservation, plants for food, health and cultural purposes, and open space in congested urban settings