We recorded acts of kindness as COVID-19 unfolded in South Africa: What we learnt: Food is prepared by a South African non-profit to feed over 87 000 people in underprivileged communities at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town in 2020. Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images In the face of …
COVID-19: how rising inequalities unfolded and why we cannot afford to ignore it: Hyejin Kang/Shutterstock Historian Walter Scheidel argues in The Great Leveler that pandemics are among the four great horsemen that, through history, have led to greater equality – the others being war, revolution and state failure. Economist Thomas Piketty in Capital in the …
Global and historical lessons on how land reforms have unfolded: Large estates in Vietnam were collectivised. Shutterstock What can South Africa learn about land reforms from wider global and historical experiences in the 20th century? Most land reforms have involved transferring rights of ownership from wealthy landlords to poor, small-scale farmers working the land under …
A strange scene unfolded when the Pelicans and Kings had to…: A bizarre scene unfolded Tuesday night between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings, as the two teams to had to take part in a do-over. At the end of the second quarter, DeMarcus Cousins was fouled underneath the basket. : Weird News Vote …