Crisis turns 76-year-old beadmaker into a webmaster
76-year-old bead-making grandmother beats the lockdown by learning web design and e-tailing
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What a crying shame …
How the Covid-19 lockdown also means locked out for so many South Africans. It could have been so different! #SmartTownships
MEC Mbombo lights up Parliament in more ways than one
Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, MEC for Health in the Western Cape, lit up a small gathering at the South African Parliament on Tuesday night with a short, rousing speech, and then flicked a switch that lit up the whole building in red. Welcoming the MEC and Mzwandile Panziso, who was representing the South African National Aids …
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Some tips for surviving quarantine
Sense of humour is essential, so is exercise. Don’t drink too much booze, or snack from morning till night. For the moment the parks and the beaches are still open. Get out! Get out! Get out! Breathe the air, walk, run, swim but stay away from other people, sanitize before and after everything. Keep containers …
How one little get-together could undermine everyone else’s efforts
Why is it so important to self-isolate? This virus is unforgiving of unwise choices.
Maybe a little good will come (for wildlife) from this pandemic
Covid-19 shows that illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue Simon Evans, Anglia Ruskin University There will be few positives to take from coronavirus. But the global pandemic may yet prove to be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade. The media has generally concentrated on effects rather than …
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Stay off taxis ‘because a new virus is hitting air passengers’
“Our global health impact would be so much greater by preventing and treating TB than by diagnosing and quarantining Covid-19!”
Pricier, yes, but still it is drinks all round after Budget2020
A round will cost a little more but it’s definitely drinks all round after a largely positive Budget 2020
South Africans should max out on tax benefits before they start a revolt
Max out your tax benefits to keep more of your rands from being captured
The minister responds: SA rail agency is broken
A statement from Fikile Mbalula, South African Minister of Transport 15 January 2020 Prasa (the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) has suffered blows from many years of mismanagement and deteriorating corporate governance. Today it is a broken organisation, struggling to provide an efficient commuter and passenger rail service. Overcrowded trains, ageing infrastructure, old rolling …