Zuma's empty promises: Signalling nothing"Give me my day in court."It's a phrase we hear often from Jacob Zuma. Yet every step of the way, when the time comes for the former president to make an appearance, there is some sort of obstacle. Zuma's corruption trial was postponed earlier this month to December over pre-trial management issues.…
The battle against Covid-19 pandemic: Did we do the right thing? In the weeks before it was announced that South Africa had its first Covid-19, newsrooms across the country were on tenterhooks. What would our future look like when we were finally hit by the pandemic? Considering what was happening in Spain and Italy, we all knew…
The DA and South Africa's intractable problem of raceWhen Helen Zille succeeded Tony Leon as leader of the country's official opposition, she did so with one task in mind: To grow the party among black voters and to establish the DA as a party of government.The party was a stellar performer between 2007 and 2018…
Covid-19 is crippling SA, and we need the best minds trying to predict its pathSouth Africa is reeling from the impact of Covid-19. We’ve had – at the time of writing – almost 6 000 deaths, almost 400 000 infections and seen the recovery of a little under 230 000 South Africans.The toll on society, and the economy,…
The Covid-19 pandemic and the opposition's role in the fightMost of us, who thought this would be our year, have not looked upon 2020 kindly. It hasn't been dubbed the lost year for nothing. For politicians it’s a double whammy. Not only have opposition parties had to take a back-seat to government as it handles the…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar to those in Canada and
The FDA needs to better communicate with state and local officials to improve food safety efforts, according to testimony heard by a House of Representatives subcommittee. Steven Mandernach, executive director of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), on Wednesday delivered the testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
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