Unemployed young people are being trained in urban farming in the Philippi Horticultural Area. Hallelujah!
AuthorCapo Cassidy
Results519Covid-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
The African food system was broken before Covid-19. Recovery efforts should be geared towards creating a better future.
#Lockdown, but not out
A victim of the lockdown, Barbara Magrath has had to close her shop and studio and embrace the online world
Manna from heaven
Lockdown life: Freshly baked sourdough bread and home-roasted coffee delivered to your door in Cape Town
Everyone’s fave speedo … up for grabs?
The Springbok Rugby World Cup winning squad are raffling their gear to raise money for the hungry
Banana republics of the north
Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are turning long-held ideas about the first world and the third world on their head
Death of a King
The world is hushed for a moment as a herd mourns the passing of a king
Reality … amplified
Surfing, yoga and starvation: how lockdown highlights the inequality and inequity of our society
Calls to end lockdown get louder
With South Africa’s lockdown in its sixth week, many people are starting to worry that the country’s response to Covid-19 is more dangerous than the virus
Let’s flatten the TB curve next
The global response to Covid-19 has been inspiring. Meanwhile TB (for which there has been a treatment for 100 years!) is still the leading cause of death in South Africa









