Looking Ahead: School Admissions Processes And Placement Must Be Improved
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed significant pressure on an already strained education system. As the plans for the current school year remain uncertain, there...
Celebrating Africa Day During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The role of African Universities as Agents of Solidarity and Development in Post-Pandemic Africa
by Cornelius Hagemeir and Professor Colin Chasi
Africa is defined by colonial...
Nurses Are Vital Part Of COVID-19 Response
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Bhelekazi Mdlalose is a forensic nurse working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF Southern Africa). As a part of the health workers' response...
Covid-19: Education’s Moment Of Enlightenment
Here's a question: You have 2 options presented to you right now; live or learn! Which do you choose?
Hopefully, 100% of respondents will choose...
Wits Students Are Learning Online – At What Cost
As the debate around the effects of online learning continues, Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib shared his thoughts on the issue via social media....
Students Struggle To Adjust To Online Learning
By Sibongile Ralana
As the early days of online learning roll out across various tertiary institutions — but students highlight internet access, anxiety and inconsiderate...
Under The Eyes Of COVID-19: Grief And Otherness
The grief that the international community is feeling because of the COVID-19 pandemic is not at all exceptional. In fact, those without the experience...
Ramadan During A COVID-19 Pandemic
For many Muslims around the world, celebrating Ramadan this year means dealing with a lot of changes. Ramadan is a month of fasting, community,...
PPE For Returning Medical Students Might Not Be Available
Higher education and training, science and technology minister Blade Nzimande announced last week that no campus-based activities would be resumed during level four of...
Opening Schools And What Plans Are In Place
It is still unclear when exactly - or indeed - if schools will reopen. The department of education is proceeding with plans to re-open...
‘Community’ During The COVID-19 Lockdown
The novel coronavirus pandemic, or COVID-19, has forced many of us inside our homes and asked of us to do something that does not...
The True Cost Of e-Health In A Global Pandemic
As South Africa enters its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, the rise of infections runs parallel to an increase in nation-wide anxiety. We are...
A Note About Opening The Mosques
By Fatima Fatima Est
More than a thousand years ago, some men wrote against the presence of women at mosques. Contrary to the Prophetic practice...
Food Aid Parcels In South Africa Could Do With A Better...
Hester Vermeulen, University of Pretoria; Carmen Muller, University of Pretoria, and Hettie Carina Schönfeldt, University of Pretoria
Food insecurity is a reality for many South...
Final Year Medical Students Raise Concerns Around Graduation
Final year medical students are concerned they may not be able to graduate this year. As the COVID-19 lockdown continues in South Africa, many...
Rent Strike Planned For South Africa
South Africans are organising a rent strike in the wake of the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
In a statement on Facebook, Rent Strike South...
Accessibility Is A Human Right
South Africa is slowly getting into grips with the realisation of a lockdown that doesn’t seem to have an end date anytime soon and...
COVID-19 and Women’s Health
By Sibusiso Mkwananzi, CSDA
South Africa has now been included in the countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also clear that there is...
South Africa’s Response To COVID-19 Worsens The Plight Of Waste Reclaimers
Melanie Samson, University of the Witwatersrand
Lockdowns to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus are dramatically transforming people’s daily lives across the world. One...
On The 21 Day Lock Down
The Right to Life
It would appear that President Ramaphosa is taking the necessary steps to safeguard lives. Many pundits are heaping praise on him...
