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13 May 2020 | Covid-19 Survey Findings

From 8 April to 5 May 2020 we conducted a Covid-19 online survey. The aim of the survey was to drive audience engagement and to get a general idea of ...

13 May 2020 | Dr Habiyaremye on NewzRoomAfrika

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13 May 2020 | Dr Saahier Parker on Voice of the Cape

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13 May 2020 | Impact of School Closures On Education Outcomes in South Africa

By mid April about 1.725 billion students globally had been affected by the closure of school and higher education institutions in response to the cor...

13 May 2020 | Lockdown Is Riling Black and White South Africans - Could This Be a Reset Moment?

The South African government seems to have gone from an absence of data coupled to a firm but sensible strategy of lockdown to delay the pain of COVID...

13 May 2020 | President Cyril Ramaphosa's job performance

By Narnia Bohler-Muller, Yul Derek Davids, Benjamin Roberts & Kate AlexanderAn overwhelming majority of South Africans (85%) express trust in Pres...

13 May 2020 | Professor Moshabela on PowerFM

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13 May 2020 | Smokers, industry fuming over S. Africa's U-turn on tobacco sales

South African smokers rejoiced last month as President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted a ban on tobacco sales imposed as part of draconian measures to fight th...

13 May 2020 | Social data is critical in combatting the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a fundamentally social and societal event. The virus spreads between people, and impacts individua...

12 May 2020 | Ban on cigarettes a crucial part of fighting Covid-19: HSRC

The ban on the sale of tobacco is crucial in reducing the spread of Covid-19.This is according to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), which re...