The Covid-19 proposals that may save millions
The economic shocks of South Africa’s lockdown will devastate impoverished communities. Proposals have emerged that may be sure bets to soften the blow.
Editor’s Pick
Covid-19 shows what Zimbabwean nationalism means
The country’s elites can no longer jet away to overseas health facilities and must now face the hospital system that could not help Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old who died of the virus.
Album Review | We Are Sent Here By History
The new album by Shabaka and The Ancestors is a meditation on history, and asks its listeners to imagine new modes of being.
Domestic workers fear retrenchments amid Covid-19
At the mercy of their employers, domestic workers in South Africa have little legal recourse in cases of unfair and inhumane treatment.
Eritreans hopeful after ‘historic’ Canadian ruling
The door to justice has finally opened for Eritrean refugees who say they were subjected to inhumane treatment while working at a Canadian mine in their home country.
The importance of art now and beyond Covid-19
The always deeply flawed and unequal conditions of labour for the artistic community have been revealed and made much worse by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.