Editorial

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation. President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again given in to political pressure as he tries in earnest to be the referee between divergent political views and not the leader in the midst of a pandemic. His announcement on Thursday evening that public schools would be shut for the next four weeks…

Share on PinterestAccording to a Boston University researcher and his collaborator, health organizations and the media have not been doing a good job of reporting on COVID-19 research.Writing in JAMA, a doctor at Boston University (BU) School of Public Health, MA, and a medical journalist warn of the dangers of spreading “hurried, incomplete, biased misinformation”…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reintroduced a ban on the sale and distribution of alcohol, as the country approaches the 300 000 mark for cases of Covid-19. Millions of South Africans will be angry with Ramaphosa, who appeared very frustrated as he announced the country would remain on alert Level 3, but with stricter regulation and…

Ramaphosa says SA will go to Level 3 by end of MayAccording to Ramaphosa, we have done well on this score. The lockdown comes at a great cost to our country. According to National Treasury, between three and seven million South Africans could lose their jobs due to business shutting down. The South African Revenue…