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Study explores why COVID-19 lockdown does not work in Africa as first pandemic response
In an African pandemic it is more productive to consider lockdowns, after using other non-medical measures first, Especially in countries with high levels of poverty and corruption, says Prof Nicholas Ngepah, a Professor of Economics at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Looking at the socio-economic conditions of African countries, we can see reasons for this, he says.
What has happened during COVID-19 is that people get locked down by strict regulations. But the majority don t have the nutrition, basic economic opportunities and infrastructure to cope. It becomes almost impossible for a poor person to keep the rules of the lockdown.
JONATHAN JANSEN | UCT’s online school: Admirable maybe. Equal opportunity? Definitely not UCT deserves credit for its new online school, but let’s face it, it’s for the middle class, not the poor 28 July 2021 - 18:52
When I first learnt about the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) new online school I was very excited and did an immediate “shout out” for the initiative to my 122,000+ Twitter followers. After all, there are so few bright new ideas about how to change the education futures of schoolchildren, especially from our 26 public universities. Then I took a closer look and, to be honest, I am no longer as enthusiastic about this much-heralded innovation.
Tribute to Sechaba kaâNkosi and his final chapter
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Pali Lehohla
The passing of Sechaba kaâNkosi of Business Report earlier this month was not an ordinary departure from this world. The search for him described the type of person he was.
On Sunday the 12th at 12.25 pm I got a call from Philippa Larkin, a colleague of Sechaba, asking if I had spoken to him recently. Sechaba edited my columns for Sunday Business Report and we were in contact a lot.
I wondered why Philippa was calling me as the deadline for my Sunday submission had already been met earlier in the week, and the print edition was out already.
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