by Johan Hattingh | Jul 6, 2020 | Covid-19 reflections
At the beginning of April, just after the first phase of South Africa’s hard lockdown at level 5 was announced, I, together with a number of colleagues from Southern Africa and further afield, was approached by the Regional Office of UNESCO for Southern Africa in...
by Susan Hall | Jul 5, 2020 | Covid-19 reflections
It is now over three months since South Africa’s national lockdown was announced. Even as restrictions begin to ease, we all continue to adjust to the abrupt changes to our lifestyles: to the ways in which we live and work. These changes inevitably imply that many of...
by Louise du Toit | Jul 4, 2020 | Covid-19 reflections
Over the first three months of the Corona virus outbreak in South Africa, a netto number of 7500 lives have been saved. This means, with the death toll from the virus included, 7500 fewer people died in South Africa from March to May 2020 compared with the same period...
by Tanya de Villiers-Botha | Jul 3, 2020 | Covid-19 reflections
Before COVID-19, one of my recent research projects focused on refutations of anti-natalist arguments; specifically, that of David Benatar. Anti-natalists hold that having children is unethical, and Benatar bases this claim on the concept of harm. In short, his...
