Efforts to protect the poor during COVID: how five African countries fared: Rosa Eugenia uses a capulana masks produced at a small sewing workshop in Maputo, Mozambique. EFE-EPA/Ricardo Franco The number of people living in poverty around the world is estimated to have increased by half a billion people due to the COVID-19 crisis. The …
Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst: During the first year of the pandemic, it was wealthier countries, with their comparatively stronger health systems, civil services, legal systems and other public services, that suffered the highest rates of COVID-19. Indeed, countries rated to be best prepared to respond …
Have introverts really fared better in lockdown?: MR.Yanukit/Shutterstock Since the onset of the pandemic, everyone from newspaper columnists to Twitter users has advanced the now idea that extroverts and introverts are handling the crisis differently. Many claim that introverts adapt to social distancing and isolation better than extroverts, with some even suggesting that introverts are …
South Africa in the news: Team SA: How they fared Day 4: Two more medals came Team South Africa’s way on Sunday, taking their total to nine at these Commonwealth Games. Take a look at how everyone in action fared. Men’s 100m Freestyle, Final: SILVER! Chad le Clos added the 100m freestyle silver mkedal to …