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Despite the ongoing national state of disaster that prohibits evictions, the Department of Public Works says it demolished new and under construction structures that interfere with an airport runway.
NOMBULELO DAMBA-HENDRICK
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During his visit to the Port Elizabeth area, Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize admitted that the health facilities in the Eastern Cape are in an appalling state.
JOSEPH CHIRUME
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Despite government’s repeated promises to upgrade sanitation facilities in South African schools, pit toilets are all that is available to 200 learners at the school, and only one is usable.
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Residents who have been without electricity for years marched to City Power demanding that they be connected to the grid.
RAMATAMO SEHOAI
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According to gender activists, the lockdown due to covid-19 has tightened the grip abusers have over their victims at home.
LILITA GCWABE
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Be wary of statistics. Could South Africa’s low fatality rate for Covid-19 patients be as low as 1.4% compared with 15% in the UK?
ANDREW HARDING | BBC
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Salim Abdool Karim says the country must rediscover its community spirit to deal with a coming surge in infections.
LINDA NORDLING | NATURE
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South Africa is at a crossroads. All of the strengths we have as a society, which could and should have been mobilised against Covid-19 still exist. We can still save lives, rebuild livelihoods, and birth a better society.
MARK HEYWOOD | DAILY CITIZEN
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The labour union has uncovered shocking and dangerous working conditions under which health workers and staff have to perform their duties in some hospitals in the country.
AZARRAH KARRIM | NEWS24
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The health crisis, which will lead to a 4.9 percent contraction in global GDP, affects women more than men because they hold more jobs in the hardest-hit sectors.
AFP
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The current global crisis triggered by Covid-19 is the third capitalist crash in this century. And governments’ incapacity to consider non-capitalist solutions threatens to keep deepening this crisis into capitalism’s worst.
RICHARD D. WOLFF | RT
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The COVID-19 pandemic is like Hurricane Katrina, but for the entire country. And things are only going to get worse.
SARAH JAFFE | THE PROGRESSIVE
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COVID-19 re-affirmed journalism is a public good, yet as newsrooms collapse, journalism is in danger.
ISAAC OTIDI AMUKE | AFRICA IS IS A COUNTRY
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Sufferers with mild illness might expect to get better after a few weeks. But there’s mounting evidence this isn’t the case, and covid-19 may leave a long-lasting impression on its victims.
PETER WARK | THE CONVERSATION
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Thirteen shacks were demolished in Khenana informal settlement in Cato Manor in Durban on Tuesday. The operation involved the Durban Metro Police, the Anti-Land Invasion Unit, and Calvin and Family property developers.
NOKULUNGA MAJOLA | GROUNDUP
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Residents of a small village near Amsterdam in Mpumalanga recount the violent punishments meted out to them by local police officers.
MAGNIFICENT MNDEBELE | NEW FRAME
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Over 30 farm workers claim the owners of Paardekop Vrugte in Citrusdal in the Western Cape unfairly dismissed them. They also argue that their eviction from hostels on the farm was illegal.
MARY-ANNE GONTSANA | GROUNDUP
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The International Monetary Fund has approved a R70-billion loan for South Africa to help the country manage the fallout from covid-19. The most significant downside is that the loan is denominated in foreign exchange.
DANNY BRADLOW | THE CONVERSATION
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Once the pandemic is behind, there is a pressing need to ensure debt sustainability and implement structural reforms to support the recovery and achieve sustainable and inclusive growth.
IMF PRESS RELEASE
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Toxic masculinities help drive everything from HIV infection rates to gender-based violence. But before we ask, what does it mean to be a ‘man’ in South Africa, should we wonder what it’s like to be a boy?
MALOSE LANGA | BHEKISISA
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Graphic threats of gang rape and murder from an anonymous Instagram account to a 13-year-old South African, feature as the centrepiece in a soon-to-be heard landmark court action aimed at compelling US-owned Facebook Inc to disclose the identity of the perpetrator.
MARIANNE THAMM | DAILY MAVERICK
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A new government policy proposal for the rapid rollout of 5G technology allows networks to build a 5G tower on your property.
TANYA WATERWORTH, DUNCAN GUY | IOL
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The situation in Bolivia is still volatile with elections postponed to 18 October. In this interview with Antonio Abal, who was a consul in Argentina but from the revolutionary left, he reflects on the reality of his country.
CARLOS AZNAREZ | RESUMEN ENGLISH
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Ernest Wamba dia Wamba passed away on 15 July. He combined a lifelong commitment to emancipatory politics with a deep-seated African humanism.
MICHAEL NEOCOSMOS | NEW FRAME
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The renowned journalist and professor of sociology speaks about racism in the United States and Europe, Black Lives Matter and where it is he feels at home.
PERCY ZVOMUYA | NEW FRAME
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Are we living through a moment of lasting change? Two authors discuss Black Lives Matter, the Harper’s letter and where we go from here
PANKAJ MISHRA, VIET THANH NGUYEN | THE GUARDIAN
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Whether Israel’s illegal appropriation of Palestinian land takes place with massive media fanfare and a declaration of sovereignty, or whether it happens incrementally, Israel has, in reality, already annexed the West Bank—not just 30 percent of it but, in fact, the whole area.
BAROUD, BAHOUR, KEARNEY | WRMEA |
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The PA announced that security coordination with Israel will cease and Palestinian security forces withdrew from areas jointly monitored with Israeli forces in north and east Jerusalem shortly afterwards.
ADNAN ABU AMER | AL JAZEERA
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Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian security checkpoint used to test for coronavirus in the occupied West Bank.
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It’s time for stimulus policies to live up to the rhetoric and reflect a commitment to supporting clean energy over fossil fuels.
CHIDO MUZONDO, RICHARD BRIDLE | M&G |
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A record number of people were killed last year for defending their land and environment, according to research that highlights the routine murder of activists who oppose extractive industries.
PATRICK GREENFIELD, JONATHAN WATTS | THE GUARDIAN |
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Big corporations accused of driving environmental and health inequalities in black and brown communities through toxic and climate-changing pollution are also funding powerful police groups in major US cities.
NINA LAKHANI | THE GUARDIAN
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While remembering their past has not prevented history from repeating itself, it is not possible for the descendants of the world’s first successful slave revolt to forget the trauma inflicted on them by their northern neighbours.
YVES ENGLER | CANADIAN DIMENSION
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