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Early reports by the National Health Laboratory Service indicated that it had the capacity to do 30,000 tests a day. But capability to do so has not materialised.
To begin to deal with South Africa’s persistent poverty, high unemployment, and the economic aftermath of the pandemic, grant increases must remain in place after the six month period.
Wearing masks is being introduced in conjunction with maintaining a physical distance of at least 1.5 metres and following hygiene measures such as hand washing.
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Downgrades have a devastating effect on economies that are already strained. The decision to downgrade during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic must be challenged.
South Africa is taking seriously concerns about the risks that monitoring can pose for human rights. But there are still loopholes.
For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, citizens have had to accept stringent restrictions on their normal civil liberties.
A crisis like COVID-19 demands that professional barriers be broken.
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Abrupt losses of biodiversity from climate change represent a significant threat to human well-being.
COVID-19 has brought to the fore the interdependency of business and society. It’s time for amendments to the social contract that underlies societal support for business.
As Africa prepares to face a perfect storm, it’s time for Europe’s approach towards Africa to show its teeth.
With humility that belied his global stature, his laugh came easily, and his generous storytelling taught lessons that his students grew into for many years after he shared them.
To support precarious households that can’t access existing relief during lockdown and its aftermath, the government should implement a temporary increase in the value of the child support grant.
With the 2020 deadline for conserving biodiversity almost past, communities must now play a larger role in conservation.
Already, we have seen a range of responses globally - from countries that apparently reacted too late, to those who acted relatively early.
One of the greatest artists ever to emerge from Cameroon had a fraught relationship with his homeland – but because of it touched all corners of Africa and the world.
The immediate need to “track and trace” infections for public health purposes poses an unprecedented challenge to privacy.
Scientists need greater understanding of the bacterium’s basic biology, as well as more about how it is spread from one individual to the next.
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Professor of Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town
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Director of Sleep Science and associate professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer / EIDM Specialist, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Water and Production Economics Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Climate Scientist and Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Consultant, University of Cape Town
