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BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

A few pills a day could keep severe Covid-19 away

Aisha Abdool Karim
7 mins

CLIMATE CRISIS

Call to action after devastating ‘best-case scenario’ for Nelson Mandela Bay

Estelle Ellis

OPINIONISTA

Mental health in this time of virus capitalism: Now more than ever, we need revolutionary acts of love

Dale T McKinley

STREET TALK VIDEO

Misconceptions and stigmas continue to haunt people with disabilities when dealing with landlords

Street Talk

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KEEP IT ON

Mask mandate to remain in place — Department of Health

Estelle Ellis
3 mins

GROUNDUP

Hundreds of Cape Town township residents swindled out of R800 each in jobs-for-cash scam

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp
3 mins

GROUNDUP: REACHING OUT

Eastern Cape shack dwellers build office for councillor to bring service delivery close to home

Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
2 mins

AGE OF THE ASSASSIN

Associate of Nafiz Modack charged with corruption, fraud and money laundering

Vincent Cruywagen
3 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

EU backs Pfizer Covid pill; South Africa registers 4,100 new cases

Bloomberg
7 mins

CLASS OF 2021

Soaring unemployment and limited places at universities leave post-matrics with some hard choices — but help is at hand

Michelle Banda
4 mins

INTEGRITY ICON

Professor Ziyaad Dangor: A Covid vaccination champion for Gauteng’s healthcare workers

Biénne Huisman
4 mins

MAVERICK CITIZEN & OPENUP ANALYSIS

South Africa’s R16bn Covid-19 free-for-all spending spree visually represented for all to see

Mark Heywood
5 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu met Gupta-linked Salim Essa’s banking buddy in December Dubai visit
Africa

Telkom loses R1bn in value after Ramaphosa sets the SIU on the fixed-line operator
South Africa

Four years later, Brian Molefe still hasn’t paid back his Eskom pension
South Africa

Beyond its exceptional beauty, Kruger National Park is on the ropes and hurting
South Africa

Ipid registers criminal case against National Commissioner Sitole for dodging questions on Kinnear assassination
South Africa

Evasive eThekwini municipality comes clean on Durban beach pollution – sort of
South Africa

Why does the EFF obstruct Joburg city council vote? It wants to control the powerful public accounts committee

TERTIARY ACCOMMODATION

Students from UWC’s Hector Peterson Residence in court battle to declare ‘forced evictions’ unlawful

Vincent Cruywagen

SCHOOL VIOLENCE

Police hunt killers of ‘dedicated’ Tembisa teacher

Michelle Banda

IN MEMORIAM

South Africa can pay tribute to top investigator Frank Dutton by honouring his evidence of State Capture

Ufrieda Ho

PATRICK SOON-SHIONG’S HOMECOMING

New vaccine manufacturing campus is proof that Africa will ‘stand on our own’ – President Ramaphosa

Tamsin Metelerkamp

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Global vaccine doses top 10 billion; South Africa registers 4,514 new cases

Bloomberg
8 mins

IN MEMORIAM

Celebrating Portia Ngcaba: Saved by ARVs, but killed by cancer

Vuyiseka Dubula
4 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

WHO says Europe entering new phase; South Africa registers 1,332 new cases

Bloomberg
9 mins

LIFE ESIDIMENI INQUEST

Former Gauteng health deputy director tells court she inflated bed numbers for mental healthcare NGOs

Zukiswa Pikoli
3 mins

Global news

Newsdeck

Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86 as another storm brews to Africa’s east
Newsdeck

Pope says fake news, disinformation on Covid-19, is human rights violation
Newsdeck

#SpotifyDeleted Trending Amid the Platform’s Neil Young Dilemma
Newsdeck

Spotify removing Neil Young’s music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum

SATIRE

Critical aspects of the Covid pandemic life that we should keep and preserve

Rebecca Davis

VACCINE MANDATE OP-ED

The unvaxxed, be warned: You owe it to your colleagues to get jabbed – and you could be fired if you don’t

Pierre de Vos

FOOD JUSTICE

Can South Africa legislate its way out of its crushing ‘double burden’ of malnutrition and into a healthier ‘food democracy’? (Part Three)

Adèle Sulcas

NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE

South Africa’s matric pass rate improves slightly to 76.4% despite ‘extremely difficult circumstances’

Victoria O’Regan

WESTERN CAPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Convicted rapist Jeffrey Donson ousted as Kannaland mayor

Suné Payne

GroundUp top marks

Resilient Dunoon matrics notch up distinctions against the toughest odds

Peter Luhanga for GroundUp

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CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Fauci optimistic that the worst of Omicron is over; South Africa registers 1,931 new cases

Bloomberg
6 mins

VISUAL DATA PRESENTATION

South Africa’s Covid-19 expenditure laid bare

OpenUp
15 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Goldman Sachs asks London staff to return to office; South Africa registers 3,962 new cases

Bloomberg
7 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Ontario to crack down on doctor misinformation; South Africa registers 4,322 new cases

Bloomberg
8 mins

Kavita Srivastava Interview

India’s government unleashing controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act as means of silencing civil rights activists

Anandaroop Sen
16 mins

COVID-19 OP-ED

Experts: End South Africa’s national state of disaster

Francois Venter, Marc Mendelson, Jeremy Nel, Lucille Blumberg, Zameer Brey and Shabir A Madhi
16 mins

INTEGRITY ICON 2021

Mncedi Mtengwana: A school principal making sure his Uitenhage learners have a promising future

Biénne Huisman
4 mins

AILING HEALTH SERVICE

‘If I don’t get my medication I am going to die’: Residents decry shutdown of Thusong District Hospital

Shiraaz Mohamed
4 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

RET knives out for Ramaphosa: Zuma faction mobilises to blame party president for poor ANC showing
2021 Local Elections

Decaying Ugu District: Mayor says protests alert municipalities to service delivery challenges in KZN’s South Coast
2021 Local Elections

Cape Town’s youngest mayor yet, but an old DA hand – ‘excited’ Geordin Hill-Lewis is ready for the hot seat
2021 Local Elections

Public trust and coalitions: Voter turnout crucial as politicians haggle for power
2021 Local Elections

King of the coloured people, Gayton McKenzie, takes multiple coalition calls
2021 Local Elections

Road to 2024: EFF makes a splash in local poll, but no red wave

BUSINESS MAVERICK

Africa

Telkom loses R1bn in value after Ramaphosa sets the SIU on the fixed-line operator
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
South Africa

He has the Licence to Print
South Africa

Gwede Mantashe’s vision for South Africa’s energy future is powered by gas
South Africa

SA mining firms find the grass is not always a pleasing shade of green on the other side

MAVERICK CITIZEN

COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
COVID-19

Living with Covid: The pandemic has changed and so must South Africa’s approach to it
COVID-19

New year, same rules: The science behind masks, ventilation and keeping a distance
COVID-19

WHO says Europe entering new phase; South Africa registers 1,332 new cases
COVID-19

Fauci optimistic that the worst of Omicron is over; South Africa registers 1,931 new cases

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

Beyond its exceptional beauty, Kruger National Park is on the ropes and hurting
South Africa

Evasive eThekwini municipality comes clean on Durban beach pollution – sort of
South Africa

Gwede Mantashe’s vision for South Africa’s energy future is powered by gas
South Africa

Dear Minister Gwede Mantashe: There is an urgent need for a moratorium on applications for prospecting and mining on the West Coast
South Africa

Call to action after devastating ‘best-case scenario’ for Nelson Mandela Bay

MAVERICK LIFE

South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
World

Our World in Pictures: Week 03 of 2022
Maverick Life

Brilliant bees that waggle with intent
Maverick Life

The Every: The hilarious and horrifying new novel from Dave Eggers
Maverick Life

Don’t look up: several asteroids are heading towards Earth – here’s how we deal with threats in real life

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

RET knives out for Ramaphosa: Zuma faction mobilises to blame party president for poor ANC showing
2021 Local Elections

Decaying Ugu District: Mayor says protests alert municipalities to service delivery challenges in KZN’s South Coast
2021 Local Elections

Cape Town’s youngest mayor yet, but an old DA hand – ‘excited’ Geordin Hill-Lewis is ready for the hot seat
2021 Local Elections

Public trust and coalitions: Voter turnout crucial as politicians haggle for power
2021 Local Elections

King of the coloured people, Gayton McKenzie, takes multiple coalition calls
2021 Local Elections

Road to 2024: EFF makes a splash in local poll, but no red wave

MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED

India needs to act urgently against Hindu hate preachers calling for Muslim and Christian genocide

Apoorvanand
9 mins

WOMEN’S HEALTH

The SA Gender Commission’s statement against mandatory vaccinations is irresponsible and misleading

Ames Dhai, Helen Rees, Glenda Gray, Aslam Dasoo, Mike Sathekge, Angelique Coetzee, Priya Soma-Pillay, Yasmin Adam, Lee Fairlie
7 mins

SPOTLIGHT

Free State pushing to get TB patients back into care after hundreds drop out of treatment

Refilwe Mochoari
7 mins

FOOD JUSTICE PART TWO

Redefining food safety: SA’s laws governing food advertising aimed at children need to be jacked up

Adèle Sulcas
10 mins

GROUNDUP COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA

Tania Broughton
3 mins

LIFE ESIDIMENI

Gauteng NGOs taking on mental healthcare users were overcrowded, inquest told

Zukiswa Pikoli
2 mins

STREET TALK VIDEO

Social judgment, ageism and bullying part of enduring pattern of discrimination against SA people with disabilities

Street Talk
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BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

New year, same rules: The science behind masks, ventilation and keeping a distance

Mohale Moloi and Linda Pretorius
10 mins

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SCORPIO

South Africa

NPA on high alert as business rescue practitioners plot coal exports for Gupta-owned Optimum
SCORPIO

amaBhungane & Scorpio #GuptaLeaks: How the family encircled Lynne Brown
South Africa

High court battle kicks off to claw back Insure Group Managers’ R1.2bn nest egg
Business Maverick

Zweli Mkhize’s ‘family friend’ and ex-private secretary pocket Covid-19 cash via R82m Department of Health contracts
SCORPIO

Ronica Ragavan: ‘A devotee, glorified secretary and Madam Fix-It’

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
Business Maverick

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy – the coal gambit: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part Two)
South Africa

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part One)

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

Africa

Cameroon: The corrupt and brutal Central African state is run by five men — with support from the United Kingdom
Declassified UK

What was Britain’s most senior police officer doing with MI6?
Declassified UK

REVEALED: The UK military’s overseas base network involves 145 sites in 42 countries
Africa

Revealed: The CIA and MI6’s secret war in Kenya
Declassified UK

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper

SPORTS

South Africa

Siya Kolisi’s skill, grace and leadership make him a worthy winner of 2021 SA Rugby Player of the Year award
World

Teed off: Aussie Open organisers back-pedal on ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ shirts after ban backlash
South Africa

Suné Luus relishing her captaincy as Proteas women prep for World Cup
Sport

Harmer returns to Proteas squad for New Zealand tour
South Africa

Proteas coach Mark Boucher charged with gross misconduct midway through ODI series

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

First Marmite, now fish paste: The shattered world of a simple breakfast
TGIFood

The Divine Fordsburg bakery where location anchors all
TGIFood

Culinary schools in South Africa need to be decolonised
TGIFood

Throwback Thursday: Rice pudding
TGIFood

What’s cooking today: Chicken, corn and sweet potato tray bake

MOTORING

Business Maverick

Fancy that – turns out the new Toyota Prado is indeed better off-road than a Renault Sandero
Business Maverick

Land Rover: Defender of the faith
Business Maverick

Land Rover Defender 90: Three-door, off-road, on-road maestro
Business Maverick

The road ahead: Motoring trends in 2022
South Africa

The updated Q5 flies the Audi flag high, despite a global drought in computer chips

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
South Africa

‘They’ll have to bring bouncers’: Former ANC rebel Makhosi Khoza squares up to her new party, ActionSA
South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu met Gupta-linked Salim Essa’s banking buddy in December Dubai visit
TGIFood

First Marmite, now fish paste: The shattered world of a simple breakfast

AFRICA

Africa

Cameroon: The corrupt and brutal Central African state is run by five men — with support from the United Kingdom
Africa

West raising red flags over Wagner’s expanding mercenary reach in CAR and other African nations
Africa

New report shows liquor industry is working against WHO efforts to curb alcohol abuse
Africa

Richard Leakey — a giant among students of human origins
Africa

Burkina Faso president Roch Kabore detained: Plague of military coups spreads in West Africa

Coronavirus

COVID-19

Experts: End South Africa’s national state of disaster
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
COVID-19

Fauci optimistic that the worst of Omicron is over; South Africa registers 1,931 new cases
COVID-19

WHO says Europe entering new phase; South Africa registers 1,332 new cases
COVID-19

SIU probe into government’s R14.3bn Covid-19 spending finds thousands of irregular contracts

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021

WEBINARS

Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued
2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote

LOOK & LISTEN

World

The Matrix: Resurrections, a product of late-stage capitalist postmodern hyperreality
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 01 of 2022
Maverick Life

The lyrical and visionary world of Virgil Abloh (1980 – 2021)
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa

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South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu’s extraordinary attack on South Africa’s Constitution
South Africa

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
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How President Ramaphosa and ANC leaders misled SA about the party’s cadre deployment committee
South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
South Africa

‘They’ll have to bring bouncers’: Former ANC rebel Makhosi Khoza squares up to her new party, ActionSA

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

Showdown looms after Lindiwe Sisulu denies Presidency statement that she apologised and retracted her attack on judges
DM168

As Ramaphosa harbours vain hope of fixing a sputtering ANC, we must heed Zondo’s warning
South Africa

South Africa stagnates in fight against corruption — Transparency International
South Africa

Judge Zondo hauls Lindiwe Sisulu over the coals for ‘unwarranted attack’ on African judiciary
South Africa

Grieve-ous act? Lindiwe Sisulu’s latest tirade against critic ‘plagiarised’ speech by former UK attorney general

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu met Gupta-linked Salim Essa’s banking buddy in December Dubai visit
South Africa

Showdown looms after Lindiwe Sisulu denies Presidency statement that she apologised and retracted her attack on judges
South Africa

2022: Lindiwe Sisulu’s year of campaigning dangerously
South Africa

The curious case of Zandile Mafe and the ghost of Dimitri Tsafendas
South Africa

‘Existential necessity’: Sandile Zungu joins race to lead ANC in KZN, says it’s his duty to reverse party’s fortunes

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