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The next phase of the government’s economic strategy, which will be announced ‘soon’, is expected to detail plans to recover from the crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic

Certain metros, where the vast majority of infections have occurred, will remain under level-four lockdown restrictions

We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty

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Whether citizens vote for the ruling party or the opposition, Burundi’s democracy is still in an unfavourable state

Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears people will be put out on the street when the lockdown ends

Five organisations stand firm on ensuring schools have taken all safety measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus when learners, teachers and school management teams return

The president’s address follows a number of meetings with Cabinet and the National Coronavirus Command Council

Ordinary citizens have not forgotten that schools were failing before the virus crisis

Our existing ethical frameworks for healthcare decisions were not devised for a pandemic – and it shows

In two recent documentaries, we finally get up close to the complicated sadness of Argentina’s original football deity

Bitter rivals are contesting the presidential election and changes to the Constitution will make it unlikely that the losing party will concede defeat, raising prospects of violent protests

A political obituary for Thomas Thabane

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South Africa has made some progress in the move to cleaner energy, but at 106 out of 115 countries on the energy transition index there’s clearly much room for improvement

It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa, but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why