Media and COVID-19
26 Jul 2021 | South Africa since 1994: A mixed bag of presidents and patchy decisions
The coronavirus pandemic has placed the leadership of presidents and prime ministers across the world under the most unforgiving spotlight. It has exp...
26 Jul 2021 | Understanding context is key to advancing student success
In June 2021 we published an article in the Special COVID-19 issue of the Journal of Student Affairs in Africa based on our research with student affa...
26 Jul 2021 | Your employees matter - Steps to fight pandemic fatigue
As we move past the half year mark for 2021, it is a time of reflection as we realise how far the world has come in our efforts to combat the coronavi...
23 Jul 2021 | SA COVID-19 and Vaccine Social Listening Report 19 July 2021, Report 10
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine concerns, rumours and misinformation in SA prepared by the RCCE Social Listening (see the note on metho...
23 Jul 2021 | Since 1994, SA has been a mixed bag of presidents and patchy institution-building
Richard Calland and Mabel Dzinouya Sithole The coronavirus pandemic has placed the leadership of presidents and prime ministers across the world unde...
13 Jul 2021 | Covid Vaccine for South African People Over 35 – Registration Date and Deployment Date
Deputy Minister of Health Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has announced that it will significantly strengthen South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination progr...
12 Jul 2021 | Pupil dropout rate in SA triples during the Covid-19 pandemic
The pupil dropout rate in the country has tripled to about 750 000 throughout the pandemic – the highest in 20 years. This was according to dat...
9 Jul 2021 | Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates health crisis for poor people - research
Research has found that poor people bore a higher burden of ill health before the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, with the problem only exacerbatin...
9 Jul 2021 | Shack dwellers hit hardest by Covid
‘Backyarders’ and people living in informal settlements have borne the brunt of job and livelihood losses as a result of the pandemic, and...
9 Jul 2021 | Shock lockdown numbers for schools in South Africa
An extra 500,000 children have dropped out of school during the pandemic, data from the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Surve...