Tuesday, June 2 2020
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Blues, booze and thieves with tunnel vision: ...
Monday was marked by frustration, tears and jubilation as the country lurched into lockdown level 3
A very clean takeoff: airports back in action, ...
Acsa says it’s doing its best to make travellers feel at ease, with more security and monitors to answer questions
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
If your heart’s in art, keep your eye on this child prodigy
Cape Town’s Eli Williams is just 11 years old and already his work is in the hands of a collector
What on Earth? Damage to satellites as world’s magnetic field weakens
Radiation hazard, and later complete pole reversal, will follow
We’d rather miss a grade than dig a grave, say parents
Terrified moms and dads explain to Times Select why their kids won’t be back in class – no matter what the minister says
Baby whisperer’s neighbour gets nappy ending to sleepless nights
Cape man gets legal relief after 15-year spat with Marina Petropulos over renovations that damaged his home
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
EDITORIAL | Slack response to Covid betrays the hard lessons of HIV
Many citizens seem to believe they are immune, missing the cold parallel between two very different pandemics
Five, four, three, bam! Suddenly the virus fight is up to each of us
With stage 3, Covid-19’s existence in SA has been splintered into 58 million personal experiences
They don’t have dandelion roots, but they speak tooth to power
A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd
WORLD
THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR
Wanted: more virus. Ebbing covid is bad news for ...
As the first wave wanes, low transmission rates may scupper trials, so scientists desperately need new hot spots
LIFE
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MATTER
The People’s Dialogue: uniting good folk, burying monopolies
An extract from Michael Beaumont’s ‘The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg’
Let logic prevail when you load up on workspace tech
Click in silence, toggle seamlessy between devices or charge ahead with your mousepad
Attention collectors: US museums may now sell their artworks
In an unprecedented move, pandemic-hit curators will not be penalised if they sell artworks for the next two years
Blast from the past: Knoetze’s disappointing date with Tate
Today in SA sports history: June 2