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19 May 2020 | Adapting, living through and surviving COVID-19
Seven weeks ago, when President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the lockdown, the South African economy was performing poorly, and households were experienc...
19 May 2020 | Covid-19 reveals migration links in South Africa's human economy
By Leslie BankThe spread of Covid-19 tells a great deal about the hidden human economy of South Africa and the persistence of circular migration in th...
19 May 2020 | Dr Zuleikha Mayat (94): 'Live every moment, love all humanity, stay true'
Dr Mayat has lived far beyond her ‘Indian Delights fame. She plans to launch her latest book, Odyssey of Crossing Oceans, after the lockdown. Th...
18 May 2020 | #CoronavirusSA: Almost all smokers buying cigarettes during lockdown - Study
A major new study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) shows that almost all smokers have been able to buy cigarettes during the coronavirus (Covid-19...
18 May 2020 | Booming illegal cigarette trade puts all at risk of COVID-19
If you turn 11 million smokers into criminals then they are going to be more covert and engage in closer contact with more people. Official data from ...
18 May 2020 | Cigarette ban 'a big failure in every way', says report
Economists behind an extensive survey of smokers say the lockdown ban on cigarette sales has been a spectacular failure and should be lifted as soon a...
18 May 2020 | Daring acts in search for a pack of fags
After lockdown there will be dramatic stories to share over how rules were defied in pursuit of smokesResearch from the Human Sciences Research Counci...
18 May 2020 | Data suggests little social distancing among smokers
While thousands, if not millions of South African smokers yearn for a pull of a cigarette, others are strongly against the sale of tobacco products.Ac...
18 May 2020 | HSRC supports tobacco ban during lockdown
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has come out in favour of the continued ban on the sale of tobacco products during the national lockdown.Ac...
18 May 2020 | The great cigarette ban debate
Few lockdown regulations have caused as much unhappiness as the ban on the sale of cigarettes.So it was with relief that smokers - and those supportin...