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Pupils at Tshilwavhusiku Razwimisani Special School near Louis Trichardt have returned to classrooms without desks and windows among other things. Bernard Chiguvare/GroundUp Pupils at a special needs school near Louis Trichardt are forced to use classrooms without desks.Parents have previously had to collect donations to complete a section of the school used by grades R…

 Eskom last week reintroduced load shedding for the first time during the Covid-19 lockdown – this even when economic activity is notably subdued.This raises the question of whether there is an even stronger case for renewable energy.But while renewable energy is a least-cost, reliable energy option for SA, the energy transition also requires social responses.Just…

People wait for health assessment check-in before entering Jackson Memorial Hospital, as Miami-Dade County eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 18, 2020.Marco Bello | ReutersThe United States needs a unified approach to tackle the rising cases of coronavirus infection and people…

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde thanks nurses and health care workers during a recent visit to Ceres in the Cape Winelands. PHOTO: Twitter/Premier Alan Winde Gauteng needs to have a strategy on prevention of Covid-19 in order to flatten the curve in the wake of the peak, says Dr Aslam Dasoo of Progressive Health Forum.Among…

Americans should brace themselves for another round of coronavirus in the fall, health professionals and economists say. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released its twice-a-year economic outlook on Wednesday, and presented two scenarios — one where the coronavirus continues to recede, and another where a second wave of rapid contagion erupts later in…