HUNGER ALARM OP-ED Failure to acknowledge and tackle South Africa’s food crisis is reminiscent of Aids denialism 6 min 2 By Mvuyo Tom and David Harrison
COVID-19 New Covid variant JN.1 now in South Africa but risk low, say health officials 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
MOUNTAINS TO CONQUER Trails and tribulations — Limpopo villagers take to hiking to heal ‘weary souls’ and find lost link to nature 4 min 0 By Lucas Ledwaba
PUBLIC TRANSPORT While vandalism and cable theft continue, Prasa makes progress in restoring rail services 3 min 12 By Bheki C. Simelane
PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE WHO seeks clarity on clusters of respiratory illnesses, pneumonia among children in northern China 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
STRENGTH IN SYNERGY OP-ED What South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout teaches us about addressing our challenges 5 min 0 By Andrew Hartnack
WOOD FOR THE TREES OP-ED War on nature — Malawi’s Michiru Forest Reserve is being horrifically stripped to extinction 3 min 1 By Blessings Chingagwe
EXAM BLUES Covid hiatus doing a number on 2023 matrics tackling ‘tough’ maths papers 4 min 0 By Lucas Ledwaba
SPOTLIGHT Surgical backlog in Northern Cape getting worse — here’s what they plan to do about it 7 min 1 By Refilwe Mochoari
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED The crumbling partnership between GovChat and Capital Appreciation Ltd – Part One 7 min 0 By Abby May for Open Secrets
AFRICAN BIOTECH OP-ED Proposed healthcare ‘New Deal’ should help set scene for this week’s Agoa Forum talks 4 min 0 By Anthony Carroll
GENETIC SCIENCE OP-ED As Africa embraces genomics in the post-Covid era, quality assurance is critical 4 min 0 By Alan Christoffels, Sarah Mwangi and Emma Griffiths
INDIGENCE OP-ED Gauteng’s response to homelessness is a temporary solution to a structural problem 4 min 0 By Noluthando Ngcobo
BHEKISISA OP-ED The fine line between wrong and almost right — and how that plays out during pandemics 7 min 0 By Nina Acharya, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Mia Malan and Dave Chokshi
CENSUS 2022 SA’s population has increased to 62 million — a challenge for government to provide basic services 4 min 31 By Ray Mahlaka
ROLLING BLACKOUTS OP-ED The ongoing energy crisis is affecting our mental health, already fragile after Covid 4 min 0 By Maria Marchetti-Mercer
PROBLEM DRINKING OP-ED Tackling the global problem of alcohol abuse and the slack controls that oil its wheels 4 min 1 By Charles Parry, Aadielah Maker Diedericks and Julian Jacobs
HEALTHCARE BOOST Aspen’s Covid vaccine facility in Gqeberha switches to making insulin for Africa 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
A NEW SPECIES OF TROUBLE Global collaboration on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness is vital – our future depends on it 3 min 0 By Peter Babigumira Ahabwe and Wilmot James
AI ONBOARDING OP-ED Higher education needs urgent and cooperative AI integration across its curricula 6 min 0 By Muhammad Nakhooda
