This week’s High Court judgment on the lockdown regulations is unconvincing in many respects and has applied the law incorrectly, writes Richard Calland. A South African High Court has declared the government’s lockdown regulations unconstitutional and, therefore, invalid, driving a coach and horses through its Covid-19 strategy.Justice Norman Davis found that both the level 3 and…
John Steenhuisen, interim DA leader. (Felix Dlangamandala) The president has to stop smashing the economy to death with the "blunt instrument" of lockdown and start putting his country ahead of his party, writes DA leader John Steenhuisen.It is unconscionable that the ANC government opted to move South Africa to Level 3, even as scientists advised…
A billboard on an apartment building in Cape Town's CBD. (Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images) Lockdown has been a time of learning and self-discovery for many South Africans. Howard Feldman explores what he and those around him have learnt over the past sixty days. Monday morning 1 June was the day that South Africa stumbled into Level 3…
Only last month, on April 17, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, asked: “Why is Minnesota more liberal than its neighbouring states?” Yet this week Minneapolis, rather than the deep south or even gritty New York or Los Angeles, sparked violent US-wide racial unrest. Why?The state's liberal traditions are well-known. In the 1960s Hubert Humphrey was a…
Is it responsible to allow religious gatherings during Level 3 lockdown? This church leader says no. There are safer ways to provide people with spiritual support during the Covid-19 epidemic, writes Father Russell Pollitt for Bhekisisa. A few nights ago, I had a peculiar dream. I overheard a conversation between friends about allowing an inebriated acquaintance to drive home.…
5 min read IN LATE 2025, quarterback Josh Allen was sacked during a game. Unbeknownst to him, he broke his foot, but even after limping into the locker room at halftime, he didn’t miss a single play and led his team to a 23-20 win. Playing hurt is standard operating procedure for Allen, who manages
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Philip Friedman 3 min read MEN'S HEALTH IS 38 this year, and like any self-respecting guy in their mid-thirties, we're taking a beat to look back on some of the highlights over the three and a half decades we've been around, from the guys who've best exemplified strength over the years to some of our
