https://www.dailymaverick.co.za Defend Truth en Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:56:20 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:56:20 +0000 no-reply@dailymaverick.co.za (Editor) no-reply@dailymaverick.co.za (Webmaster) hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 As world leaders confront a Hobson’s choice that will determine their political futures, the coronavirus continues to ravage countries and their economies. The presidents of both the US and Brazil seem to be more worried about the toll the virus will take on their economies than the virus itself. Others, including South Africa, are, without hesitation, prioritising their citizens.  Let’s see whether self-interest or tirelessly working for the common good wins out in the end. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-economy-vs-the-coronavirus-leaders-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-economy-vs-the-coronavirus-leaders-caught-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:56:20 +0000 Business Maverick MELBOURNE, March 31 (Reuters) - New South Wales, the Australian state most severely affected by last summer's wildfires on Tuesday marked the official close to its worst ever bushfire season, which burned more than 6% of the state's land area and killed 25 people. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-australias-nsw-state-calls-end-to-brutal-fire-season/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-australias-nsw-state-calls-end-to-brutal-fire-season/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:12:04 +0000 Newsdeck BlackRock’s CEO is predicting the economy will eventually recover, but will be forever changed. China’s consumption levels are faltering as the country struggles to get its shoppers out and about. And Italy is being warned to heed the early mistakes of Wuhan by shifting to mass quarantining of coronavirus patients with mild symptoms. Here are some of the things people in markets are talking about today.  https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-march-31-five-things-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-day/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-march-31-five-things-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-day/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:04:18 +0000 Business Maverick Cracks are appearing across the emerging-market landscape like never before. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-unknowns-await-emerging-markets-after-biggest-moves-since-2008/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-unknowns-await-emerging-markets-after-biggest-moves-since-2008/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:58:58 +0000 Business Maverick What’s the cost of becoming junk? South Africa will soon find out. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-heres-how-much-a-downgrade-to-junk-will-cost-south-africa/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-heres-how-much-a-downgrade-to-junk-will-cost-south-africa/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:43:02 +0000 Business Maverick ‘If they’re doing this in leafy Melville, imagine what they’re doing in the townships, informal settlements and packed low-income urban areas.’ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-lockdown-theyre-riding-around-the-country-hunting-the-poor-and-vulnerable/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-lockdown-theyre-riding-around-the-country-hunting-the-poor-and-vulnerable/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:11:34 +0000 opinion-piece Covid-19 has fundamentally shifted the world in a short space of time and is testing our democracy as well as our way of life. And it’s testing our unequal society. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-the-winds-of-change-of-2020-now-is-the-time-to-act-collectively/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-the-winds-of-change-of-2020-now-is-the-time-to-act-collectively/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:07:19 +0000 opinion-piece Giving relatively free rein to the security forces under the cloak of the Covid-19 lockdown is dangerous and a threat to democracy. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-security-forces-are-waging-war-on-our-constitutional-democracy/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-31-security-forces-are-waging-war-on-our-constitutional-democracy/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:05:23 +0000 opinion-piece Meeting the challenge of an increasing cancer burden is only possible if there is political will to bridge the gap between our cancer policy documents and the reality faced by thousands of cancer patients in the health system. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-how-to-turn-south-africas-cancer-plans-into-concrete-action/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-how-to-turn-south-africas-cancer-plans-into-concrete-action/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:02:40 +0000 Maverick Citizen Community leaders recognise they are dealing with an unprecedented emergency and want to work with the government to ensure an effective response. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-state-must-enlist-community-activists-in-the-war-against-covid-19/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-state-must-enlist-community-activists-in-the-war-against-covid-19/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:55:20 +0000 Maverick Citizen In just a few days, South Africa’s nascent Solidarity Fund has defined its reason for being, established governance partners, built governance frameworks, opened a bank account and, most importantly, initiated its first targeted intervention. It will be a powerful example of how South African society can collectively respond to a crisis. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-solidarity-fund-stronger-together/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-solidarity-fund-stronger-together/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:46:24 +0000 Business Maverick The state’s first move to use phone tracking to fight Covid-19 lacks key details and safeguards against abuse. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-digital-privacy-during-a-global-emergency/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-digital-privacy-during-a-global-emergency/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:36:31 +0000 South Africa The US court order appointed the NPA and attorney Barnabas Xulu as ‘implementing agents’ in the settlement. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-environment-minister-asks-court-to-overturn-npa-and-barnabas-xulus-appointment-in-r128m-us-restitution-settlement-order/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-environment-minister-asks-court-to-overturn-npa-and-barnabas-xulus-appointment-in-r128m-us-restitution-settlement-order/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:29:18 +0000 South Africa There still seem to be serious bureaucratic obstacles which could yet jeopardise any evacuation flights between South Africa and abroad — both ways. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-embassies-burn-the-midnight-oil-trying-to-get-their-citizens-out-of-south-africa/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-embassies-burn-the-midnight-oil-trying-to-get-their-citizens-out-of-south-africa/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:11:30 +0000 South Africa Professor Wilmot James is a former South African member of parliament who now teaches political science and conducts (non-clinical) research on children and catastrophes in pediatrics at Columbia University in New York City. The Brenthurst Foundation spoke to him about the Covid-19 pandemic, which he calls a ‘slow-moving hurricane’ – a wildly uncertain event affecting every part of our personal and public lives. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-asian-countries-show-signs-of-containing-covid-19-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-them/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-asian-countries-show-signs-of-containing-covid-19-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-them/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:06:40 +0000 World Covid-19 is real, just as HIV was and remains real. But we should not be foolish, thinking it cannot touch us like we thought HIV could not touch us. HIV did. Covid-19 will. In ways we have yet to imagine. Aids taught us about fear, to overcome it while not being foolish. We need to be afraid of Covid-19, but not of each other. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-covid-19-and-the-lessons-we-learned-from-aids-getting-it-right-in-south-africa/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-covid-19-and-the-lessons-we-learned-from-aids-getting-it-right-in-south-africa/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 01:03:15 +0000 South Africa The SANDF and SAPS leadership should take action against members who assault and torture civilians during the Covid-19 lockdown. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-the-dark-past-of-sas-armed-forces-casts-a-shadow-over-their-lockdown-actions/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-the-dark-past-of-sas-armed-forces-casts-a-shadow-over-their-lockdown-actions/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:56:26 +0000 South Africa As the major social and economic disruption that will be caused by South Africa’s 21-day Covid-19 lockdown becomes apparent, civil society organisations have been warning that issues affecting the poor and marginalised could fall through the cracks. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-lockdown-responses-from-farm-workers-to-sex-workers-to-civil-society/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-lockdown-responses-from-farm-workers-to-sex-workers-to-civil-society/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:53:55 +0000 Maverick Citizen Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Or have I been drinking too much mezcal? https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-digital-nomad-pecked-to-death-by-pigeons-in-guatemala/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-digital-nomad-pecked-to-death-by-pigeons-in-guatemala/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:47:51 +0000 Maverick Life Things changed overnight in South Africa on 15 March, and it won’t be the last time it does. Daily Maverick’s Daily Digest will provide the essential bits of information about Covid-19 in South Africa and the world each day. Please do read on to understand these issues more deeply. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-help-is-on-the-way-for-business-stranded-travellers-and-the-arts/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-help-is-on-the-way-for-business-stranded-travellers-and-the-arts/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:31:20 +0000 COVID-19 Multi-month medicine dispensing amid the Covid-19 pandemic has been welcomed as an effective way to reduce the risk that patients with underlying conditions will be exposed to the Coronavirus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-covid-19-precaution-some-patients-on-chronic-meds-to-have-prescriptions-filled-for-up-to-four-months/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-covid-19-precaution-some-patients-on-chronic-meds-to-have-prescriptions-filled-for-up-to-four-months/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:26:54 +0000 COVID-19 South Africa’s strategy to defeat Covid-19 is to lock down the country and scale-up testing to quickly identify people who may have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-testing-to-be-ramped-up-and-new-tests-in-pipeline/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-testing-to-be-ramped-up-and-new-tests-in-pipeline/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:23:25 +0000 South Africa A man who travelled to St Francis Bay before the lockdown period began on 27 March has tested positive for Covid-19 in the town of Cape St Francis. In other parts of the province communities asked tourists to leave before lockdown began and turned others away, saying that they would not tolerate ‘Corona tourism’. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-out-of-towner-in-st-francis-bay-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-out-of-towner-in-st-francis-bay-tests-positive-for-covid-19/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:19:51 +0000 South Africa Healthcare workers are sounding the alarm as life-saving protective equipment runs critically low in facilities across South Africa and the world, due to increased demand created by the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-desperate-pleas-as-protective-gear-runs-low/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-desperate-pleas-as-protective-gear-runs-low/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:09:57 +0000 Maverick Citizen SA Express is looking for help from the UIF to pay March salaries even though it hasn’t made contributions to the fund – on behalf of its employees – since it was placed under involuntary business rescue by the High Court in Johannesburg on 6 February 2020. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-sa-express-seeks-uif-assistance-to-pay-salaries-as-acting-ceo-resigns/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-31-sa-express-seeks-uif-assistance-to-pay-salaries-as-acting-ceo-resigns/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:02:34 +0000 Business Maverick Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa’s president and a former businessman. Unlike some other leaders, he is also a humanitarian with a sound mind and has placed the immediate task of preventing deaths ahead of the task of saving businesses in order to fight the coronavirus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-crises-expose-us-and-remind-us-of-what-we-value/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-crises-expose-us-and-remind-us-of-what-we-value/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:51:12 +0000 opinion-piece There’s a fine line between enforcing the Covid-19 lockdown and violating the human rights of South African citizens. The government would do well to remind itself that constitutional rights still apply. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-the-covid-19-lockdown-does-not-mean-human-rights-have-been-suspended/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-the-covid-19-lockdown-does-not-mean-human-rights-have-been-suspended/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:45:34 +0000 opinion-piece There is something distinctly indecent and self-serving about the tone many international news outlets have adopted during this crisis. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-decency-in-crisis-tv-anchors-please-behave-yourselves/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-decency-in-crisis-tv-anchors-please-behave-yourselves/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:40:53 +0000 opinion-piece South Africa needs to restore trust in public institutions if the country is to properly contain the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-excessive-force-during-the-lockdown-will-fuel-civic-disobedience/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-excessive-force-during-the-lockdown-will-fuel-civic-disobedience/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:38:13 +0000 opinion-piece Containing the virus in Africa requires focusing on vulnerable communities and context-specific responses. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-replicating-global-responses-to-covid-19-may-not-work-for-africa/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-replicating-global-responses-to-covid-19-may-not-work-for-africa/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:33:21 +0000 Africa Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum have had to declare force majeure on some contracts. Most South African mining companies are probably in the same boat during the 21-day lockdown. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-amplats-and-implats-declare-forces-majeures-employees-to-be-paid-during-lockdown/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-amplats-and-implats-declare-forces-majeures-employees-to-be-paid-during-lockdown/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:16:23 +0000 Business Maverick Can a video game be as immersive and emotive as a good book, movie, or series? If the new Xbox title, Ori and the Will of the Wisps is anything to judge by, the answer is a resounding ‘yes!’ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-casual-gamer-ori-and-the-will-of-wisps-the-perfect-escape-for-a-time-such-as-this/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-casual-gamer-ori-and-the-will-of-wisps-the-perfect-escape-for-a-time-such-as-this/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:05:59 +0000 Maverick Life There are 1,326 cases of Covid-19 in South Africa and three virus-related deaths, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday, urging people to adhere to lockdown regulations as 10,000 field workers are due to go door-to-door to screen residents. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-in-a-national-address-ramaphosa-announces-mass-screening-and-testing-campaign/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-in-a-national-address-ramaphosa-announces-mass-screening-and-testing-campaign/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:45:54 +0000 COVID-19 ROME, March 30 (Reuters) - Italy's government on Monday said it would extend its nationwide lockdown measures against a coronavirus outbreak, due to end on Friday, at least until the Easter season in April, as the number of new infections declines. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-italy-to-extend-coronavirus-lockdown-until-easter-as-new-cases-fall/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-italy-to-extend-coronavirus-lockdown-until-easter-as-new-cases-fall/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:21:46 +0000 Newsdeck WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - At last six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus, and more than 30 others are or were self-quarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:00:33 +0000 Newsdeck HELSINKI, March 30 (Reuters) - Finland will extend most of its measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak by one month until May 13 from April 13, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Monday. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-finland-extends-coronavirus-restrictions-by-one-month/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-finland-extends-coronavirus-restrictions-by-one-month/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:28:36 +0000 Newsdeck https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-cartoon-tuesday-with-rico-21/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-cartoon-tuesday-with-rico-21/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:05:35 +0000 Business Maverick U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a phone call on Monday to have their top energy officials meet to discuss slumping global oil markets, the Kremlin said, as Trump called Russia's price war with Saudi Arabia "crazy." https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-russia-agree-to-oil-market-talks-as-trump-calls-price-war-crazy/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-russia-agree-to-oil-market-talks-as-trump-calls-price-war-crazy/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:02:21 +0000 Business Maverick If British industry succeeds in saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic it will be due in part to the pioneering role played by Formula One racing teams in the country. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-motor-racing-formula-one-uses-break-from-racing-to-join-britains-coronavirus-battle/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-motor-racing-formula-one-uses-break-from-racing-to-join-britains-coronavirus-battle/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:51:12 +0000 Business Maverick While South Africa is coming to grips with living in lockdown for another 17 days, the country has a small chance of coming out ahead, and flattening the curve much sooner than the US and some European countries. This is a look at the top five countries dealing with the largest numbers of Covid-19 cases. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-covid-19-cuts-a-swath-across-the-world/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-covid-19-cuts-a-swath-across-the-world/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:11:25 +0000 COVID-19 Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will now have to pay a personal costs order set down by the Land Claims Court after her application for leave to appeal was denied on Monday. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-nkoana-mashabane-ordered-to-pay-as-court-rules-against-her-in-district-six-appeal-matter/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-nkoana-mashabane-ordered-to-pay-as-court-rules-against-her-in-district-six-appeal-matter/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:31:02 +0000 South Africa Less than a week after postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee confirmed new dates for the event. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-new-dates-set-for-tokyo-olympic-games/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-new-dates-set-for-tokyo-olympic-games/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:35:03 +0000 Sport Despite concerns over coronavirus fake news emanating from the Kremlin, it has been British government ministers and senior scientists who have repeatedly downplayed the severity of Covid-19 in the country’s parliament and in the media. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-coronavirus-fake-news-how-the-british-government-misled-the-public-for-weeks/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-coronavirus-fake-news-how-the-british-government-misled-the-public-for-weeks/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:28:02 +0000 Declassified UK A diamond may be forever, but sales can be put on hold. De Beers has announced the cancellation of its third scheduled ‘Sight’ for 2020. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-giant-diamond-de-beers-cancels-third-sales-event-of-2020/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-giant-diamond-de-beers-cancels-third-sales-event-of-2020/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:09:48 +0000 Business Maverick As the Covid-19 lockdown came into force, amendments to the Mineral Resources Development Act were quietly pushed through, which effectively strip mining-affected communities of key rights. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-mantashe-uses-state-of-disaster-to-escape-accountability/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-mantashe-uses-state-of-disaster-to-escape-accountability/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:02:16 +0000 opinion-piece MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain overtook China's total number of coronavirus cases on Monday but business leaders and regional authorities criticised the government's decision to further restrict the movement of people and keep non-essential workers at home until mid-April. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-spanish-coronavirus-cases-overtake-china/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-spanish-coronavirus-cases-overtake-china/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:53:33 +0000 Newsdeck DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen carried out several air strikes on Monday on the capital Sanaa, witnesses said. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-air-strikes-hit-houthi-held-yemeni-capital-sanaa-witnesses/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-air-strikes-hit-houthi-held-yemeni-capital-sanaa-witnesses/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:33:05 +0000 Newsdeck NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, India, March 30 (Reuters) - Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds of thousands of poor without jobs and hungry, authorities said on Monday. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-indian-police-fire-tear-gas-on-jobless-workers-defying-coronavirus-lockdown/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-indian-police-fire-tear-gas-on-jobless-workers-defying-coronavirus-lockdown/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:29:14 +0000 Newsdeck LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak at the heart of the UK government spread on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, self-isolating with symptoms just days after the British leader himself tested positive. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-uk-pm-johnsons-adviser-cummings-isolating-with-coronavirus-symptoms/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-uk-pm-johnsons-adviser-cummings-isolating-with-coronavirus-symptoms/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:24:55 +0000 Newsdeck Sixty years ago today, a young leader of the Pan Africanist Congress, Philip Kgosana, led an historic anti-apartheid march from Langa to the Cape Town city centre. Today, the streets of Cape Town are as silent as a graveyard amid a 21-day lockdown to fight the coronavirus. South Africa, like it was then, is at a critical juncture of its history.   https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-the-new-wind-of-change-a-reflection-on-60-years-since-the-langa-march/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-03-30-the-new-wind-of-change-a-reflection-on-60-years-since-the-langa-march/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:01:23 +0000 opinion-piece Residents still living in shacks are billed for houses they have never seen. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-municipal-officials-suspended-amid-allegations-of-selling-rdp-houses/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-municipal-officials-suspended-amid-allegations-of-selling-rdp-houses/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:16:53 +0000 South Africa South Africa has gone into lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. One of the very many concerns surrounding the impact of the lockdown relates to access to food. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-lockdown-regulations-are-not-a-ban-on-all-informal-food-traders/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-lockdown-regulations-are-not-a-ban-on-all-informal-food-traders/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:44:46 +0000 South Africa The National Arts Festival is going digital, and so are many other art platforms as the creative industry rises up to the challenge brought on by the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-show-must-go-on-the-uphill-rush-to-take-culture-into-the-digital-space/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-show-must-go-on-the-uphill-rush-to-take-culture-into-the-digital-space/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:30:49 +0000 Maverick Life LISBON, March 28 (Reuters) - All foreigners in Portugal with pending applications will be treated as permanent residents from Monday until at least July 1, authorities said on Saturday, to ensure migrants have access to public services during the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-portugal-to-treat-migrants-as-residents-during-coronavirus-crisis/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-portugal-to-treat-migrants-as-residents-during-coronavirus-crisis/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:58:12 +0000 Newsdeck TAIPEI, March 29 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely following the development of the coronavirus in Taiwan and is learning lessons from how they are fighting it, the body said on Sunday, after complaints from Taiwan it was being intentionally ignored. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-who-says-following-taiwan-virus-response-closely-after-complaints/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-who-says-following-taiwan-virus-response-closely-after-complaints/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:52:51 +0000 Newsdeck WUHAN, China, March 29 (Reuters) - A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had "basically been stopped", a senior health official said on Sunday, while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-china-defends-against-incoming-second-wave-of-coronavirus/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-china-defends-against-incoming-second-wave-of-coronavirus/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:47:10 +0000 Newsdeck LAGOS, March 29 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the cessation of movement in Lagos and the capital Abuja for 14 days in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-nigeria-orders-14-day-cessation-of-movement-in-lagos-abuja-to-fight-coronavirus/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-nigeria-orders-14-day-cessation-of-movement-in-lagos-abuja-to-fight-coronavirus/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:42:48 +0000 Newsdeck HARARE, March 27 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will impose a nationwide lockdown for 21 days from Monday to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, and security forces may be deployed to enforce it, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-zimbabwe-orders-total-lockdown-from-monday-to-combat-coronavirus/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-zimbabwe-orders-total-lockdown-from-monday-to-combat-coronavirus/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:37:48 +0000 Newsdeck Going for a coronavirus test? Prepare yourself for paperwork questions about your health and contacts, and then swabbing. It’s quick, but expect to gag, cough and feel very uncomfortable. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-my-covid-19-testing-journey/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-my-covid-19-testing-journey/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:17:28 +0000 COVID-19 The story of our South African returnees from Wuhan should give us encouragement and hope in the difficult weeks that lie ahead. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-experience-of-south-africans-in-wuhan-demonstrates-effectiveness-and-necessity-of-lockdown/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-30-experience-of-south-africans-in-wuhan-demonstrates-effectiveness-and-necessity-of-lockdown/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:24:10 +0000 South Africa