Friday, May 29 2020
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Lord help us: ministers clear as mud on church gatherings
They offer an astonishing variety of answers to questions about religious events and cluster outbreaks
Welcome to the SA circus. Let’s bring on the clow ... er, ministers
It’s where our, er, leaders come up with their ‘collective’ decisions that are based on, er, ‘science’ and, er, ‘logic’
Shaiking off his shackles, Zuma’s pal is free and ready to splab all
Freed after a decade on medical parole, he tells Times Select about his new life and the memoirs he’s writing
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
‘By Wednesday, I expect effective teaching’: Angie Motshekga
The minister says there are eager teachers waiting to enter the system if others do not want to return to work
Need for PPE could rise by 460% in a single month
Although the country has not run out, fears of this happening are rising among health workers
A quick prayer, no more: ‘Aids taught us how to handle Covid deaths’
A funeral home owner explains how one pandemic’s lessons in dying and dignity readied them for another
Is your job killing you faster than Covid-19?
In the age of remote working, a new study has brought to light how work demands could affect our health
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
The verdict is … a nagging question: how did Collins Khosa really die?
Probe clears soldiers of wrongdoing after they ‘only pushed and clapped’ the father of three, who died hours later
‘Prof Jansen’s attack on minister is shocking in the extreme’
His views about reopening schools betray a disdain for those in political office, writes education official
Fizz is finished and klaar in bad times as beer gathers a head of whimsy
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
LIFE
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MATTER
Rich pickings: eight top SA doccies to stream now
Watch these proudly SA documentaries now streaming on Showmax
From the Mother City to Ibiza, here’s a watching brief for the weekend
If it’s millennial life in Cape Town, men after meaning, or Spanish club life you want, these series have it covered
Blast from the past: Chiefs lose it as Swallows take flight
Today in SA sports history: May 29