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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionHow grassroots democracy has become a xenophobic weapon in South Africa‘Active citizenship’ sounds like a great idea – but used against undocumented migrants it can encourage murder
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMigrants scapegoated in South Africa as inequality and unemployment surgeThere are no quick fixes to South Africa’s problems – but politicians across the spectrum talk like turning on...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: FeatureSouth African radical-Right groups are mobilising against anti-LGBTIQ+ campaignsSome conservative groups are trying to block a long-awaited Hate Crimes Bill, which has been urgently called for by...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: FeatureGlobal white supremacy cult: How the South African radical Right bolsters US extremismSome radical right-wing South African groups have travelled to the US in efforts to expand their organisational networks
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Published in: HomeSkirmishes on the South African battlefieldThere is extensive evidence of corruption, and the government is widely regarded as acting against the working class.
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Published in: Migrant Futures“South Africa belongs to all who live in it”, COVID-19 showed it does notFailure to address the needs of the most vulnerable will hasten the infection rate and flame the fires of...
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Published in: 50.50Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV effortsControlling COVID-19 is worsening Africa’s HIV epidemic and destroying HIV services, with sex workers facing...
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Published in: 50.50Now, I have to take whatever clients offer for sexI’m a sex worker in South Africa. Sex usually costs 70 Rand (about $5), but now I have to accept almost half that,...
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Published in: 50.50South Africa doctors fear spike in non-COVID-19 deathsHealth workers are worried that the focus on coronavirus will result in more deaths from the country’s usual killers...
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Published in: HomeThe biopolitics of COVID-19 – a personal view“As public health and societal debates play out in the coming months, I very much hope that we can hear more of the...
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Published in: 50.50I used to support my family, but now I can't even afford to buy breadI’m an informal market trader in South Africa and the breadwinner in our family of four. But now rely on handouts to...
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Published in: Home‘Anticipatory anxiety’: Africa on the cusp of pandemicHow will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together...
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Published in: HomeHow Trump’s coronavirus denialism echoes South Africa’s HIV policy disasterConspiracy theories, disregard for science and grandiosity are all hallmarks of the way South Africa’s former...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘violating the law’ in South AfricaTop health official vows to investigate campaigners who target women with dangerous misinformation, as government...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after allFlexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesBRICS countries to build digital sovereigntyThe push towards digital sovereignty is frequently criticized as a Trojan horse for authoritarian measures. It's...
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Published in: HomeAs you were then? South Africa’s 2019 electionFor now, South Africa can chalk up the 2019 elections as another win for democracy.
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Published in: HomeWhat is ‘transformation’ in South Africa’s public interest legal services sector?Reform is crucial to change the silent messaging that black people, people living with disabilities and other...
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Published in: 50.50Breastfeeding is best for HIV-positive mothers too – but corporate interests and weak health systems hinder progressAs a paediatrician and health researcher in South Africa, I am acutely aware of the ongoing support that women need...
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Published in: 50.50The state-sanctioned erasure of queer stories in Africa must end nowMovies depicting LGBTIQ experiences have been banned in Kenya and South Africa – adding fuel to the dangerous...
