Violence in South Africa: An uprising of elites, not of the people
The violence has been widely seen as an expression of anger and frustration by people living in poverty, which has been much worsened in South Africa by the impact of Covid-19.
South Africa in flames: Spontaneous outbreak or insurrection?
Poor and hungry people exist, and the state should be ashamed. But hungry people do not become violent looters on behalf of better-known looters who are in jail.
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Dating back to 1791, Nederburg has successfully maintained its leadership through many of South Africa’s economic peaks and valleys.
South Africa’s romcom revolution and how it reimagines Joburg
The 2015 romcom Tell Me Sweet Something was a breakthrough. The African romcom seems a perfect fit for the streaming market.
Conflating morality and the law do South Africa’s governing party no good
Morality shapes people’s lives, including their thoughts and actions, on the basis of what society generally accepts as right and wrong. It is used to check people’s “self-interested, emotional, or sentimental reactions to serious questions of human conduct”.
Music: Remembering Sibongile Khumalo, South Africa’s divine diva
Sibongile made everyone love her – no mean feat in the world of singers, especially opera singers. She was a prima donna, although not in temperament, and was most certainly South Africa’s ‘diva’.
Data remains an expensive luxury in Africa but free internet may not come free
What happens if those who control or own key networks in the internet break with the principle of net neutrality?
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Anxiety in Johannesburg: New views on a global south city
Anxiety in Johannesburg is nothing new. Despite its intermittent glamour, the city has always felt unstable for those who live in it. South Africa’s largest and wealthiest urban centre, it is also deeply unequal and striated by the spatial markers of apartheid.
Dimming the sun could reduce future drought risk in Cape Town – but there’s a catch
Solar geoengineering is highly controversial and is often framed as a stop-gap measure to decrease climate change impacts and buy more time to reduce emissions.
Lessons from around the world on fighting Covid’s second wave
The World Health Organization stresses the importance of not just identifying cases, but following them up and giving support. They estimate that on average each case needs three days of work from the testing and tracing team.