As of May 5, South Africa is reporting 7,220 confirmed coronavirus infections and 138 Covid-19 deaths. While the figures are relatively low by comparison to Western Europe and the United States, the […]
Amandla: This Changes Everything — Covid-19, South Africa, and beyond
As of April 7, South Africa is reporting 1686 confirmed coronavirus infections and 12 Covid-19 deaths. However, as with several other BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India — China is obviously in a […]
Patrick Bond: Covid-19 attacks the down-and-out in ultra-unequal South Africa
South Africa has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Africa, topping 1200 as of March 30, including the second Covid-19 fatality. More than twenty-five years after the ANC’s triumph and Nelson […]
ROAPE: Out of Control — Crisis, Covid-19 and Capitalism in Africa
Activists and researchers from across Africa speak about the impact of Covid-19 on their countries. Writing from Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Femi Aborisade, Heike Becker, Didier Kiendrebeogo, Gacheke […]
South African Federation of Trade Unions: The state isn’t pulling its weight!
This statement was published by the South African Federation of Trade Unions and is republished here by No Borders News as part of our ongoing international coronavirus coverage. The anti-viral lockdown is […]
Andrew Chirwa: South African union demands action on Covid-19
Andrew Chirwa is the president of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA). This statement was issued today as Covid-19 infections in South Africa continued to rise and raises criticisms […]
Community Health Workers: In the eye of the Covid-19 storm in South Africa
This analysis was written by the Khanya College and the Gauteng (province) Community Health Care Forum and published in the Karibu! newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa. Karibu! is a working-class newspaper whose coverage […]