Crime, COVID and climate change – South African tourism faces many threats, but it’s resilient
SOUTH Africa’s tourism industry has been rocked by the murder of a German visitor during an attempted robbery. The development
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COVID pandemic
End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief
MANAS MISHRA THE world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the
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Male voices dominated South African COVID reporting: that has to change
THE onset of the COVID pandemic and the many months of uncertainty, anxiety and push for scientific breakthroughs sent journalists
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Children’s mental health and the digital world: how to get the balance right
TECHNOLOGY has increasingly blurred the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds. This has led to dramatic shifts in daily
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South Africa’s economy has taken some heavy body blows: can it recover?
ECONOMISTS are growing increasingly concerned about South Africa’s economy. This is because the country’s three major macroeconomic problems – lacklustre
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Here’s how much learning South African children lost in the pandemic
WHEN a state of disaster was declared in South Africa in 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, a hard
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South Africa has entered a new phase of the COVID pandemic: what that means
CONFIRMED cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two
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Making COVID vaccines in Africa: advances and sustainability issues
Author BENJAMIN KAGINA, University of Cape Town THE history of vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa dates back to 1881 when
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Rich countries take manufacturing out of Africa
THE global economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in
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How COVID is affecting school attendance in South Africa: piecing together the puzzle
ESTIMATING how many learners have dropped out of school as a consequence of the COVID pandemic is an issue governments
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