Media and COVID-19


21 Jul 2020 | Dr Visagie's interview on NewzRoomAfrika

To listen to Dr Visagie's interview click on on the link below:...

21 Jul 2020 | Survey shows South African firms in some sectors are highly innovative

The ‘one good thing’ caused by COVID-19, according to a recent Harvard Business School publication by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso, is tha...

20 Jul 2020 | Reconfiguring dense informal settlements is in the policy spotlight - and rightly so

By Justin Visagie, Mark Misselhorn, Andreas Scheba and Ivan TurokResettling informal communities is not an option because of the damage it causes to l...

15 Jul 2020 | Covid-19 and the role of the judiciary: Contradictions and confusion

A recent series of judgments by courts on the Covid-19 disaster regulations have reached seemingly contradictory conclusions – the pending appea...

14 Jul 2020 | Previewing President Ramaphosa's nation address: Prof Narnia Bohler Muller

This address by the President is the first since June 17 when he announced the move to Level 3 - and follows a meeting of the National Coronavirus Com...

6 Jul 2020 | 100 Days of SA National lockdown | Professor Narnia Bohler-Muller weighs in

On March 23, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that a countrywide lockdown would come into effect on March 26. The lockdown was the government's int...

3 Jul 2020 | Could the debate over SA's alcohol sales ban have a subtext you're missing?

Urgent application seeks to force government to provide meals to millions of pupils during lockdownEE cites research including a Human Sciences Resear...

3 Jul 2020 | NCOP approves Cybercrimes Bill, two amendment bills

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed the Cybercrimes Bill, Civil Union Amendment Bill and the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bil...

29 Jun 2020 | How to keep children learning at home without material resources

Andrea Juan, Human Sciences Research CouncilMost of South Africa’s children have already lost three months of formal education due to the COVID-...

24 Jun 2020 | ENHANCING GLOBAL COOPERATION TO COMBAT COVID 19 AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE FOR MANKIND

By: Li Mengdi, International Cooperation Department, Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, China International Publishing Group, and Dr Fun...