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ANC at the helm: Will it ever be the government we deserve?In 1994 I watched the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the country's first democratically elected president with the hope that the ANC would be different from other liberation movements on the continent once in governance. Twenty-six years later and it appears the party is hell-bent…

June 30, 2020ImageDr. Anthony Fauci warned today that the U.S. could have as many as 100,000 new cases a day — up from the current 40,000 — if the coronavirus is not contained.New cases in the U.S. have gone up 80 percent in the past two weeks, according to a Times database.The European Union has…

In search of a vaccine for the old virusGeorge Floyd. Collins Khosa. Tshegofatso Pule. Three people. Three cities. Three horrific deaths. All of them black. Whilst in the grip of an unknown novel virus, the world has been shook by another, older virus. The racism virus.Centuries after the abolishment of slavery and the adoption of an international human…

herd immunity is still very far away.Epidemiologists don’t know yet exactly where the threshold is for the coronavirus, but they expect to find it somewhere between 60 and 80 percent of the population. Even New York City, the center of America’s worst outbreak, is still far below that: Only around 20 percent of residents tested…

Friday's Briefing: There's signs the local shelter in place order will be extended; covid-19 outbreak at Oakland nursing home Newsom waives DMV late fees By Steven Tavares Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 4:00 AM click to enlarge Excell Healthcare Center on High Street in Oakland has seen a large number of covid-19 cases. News you…