Monday, June 8 2020
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
As SA’s leaders indulge their pet hates we’re failing in the Covid-19 fight
Instead of getting ready for the pandemic’s peak they're badgering smokers and hamstringing business
Back to the chalk board as schools are ‘95% ready’ to reopen
Minister Motshekga says schools will open to grades 7 and 12 on Monday, and she has the backing of unions
Mkhize worried about EC copying WC ‘pattern’. Here’s why
It has the same number of Covid-19 infections as Gauteng, but Gauteng is streets ahead on testing
Schools slash teacher salaries to ‘try claw our way through’
Teachers at some private schools have had their pay cut by between 20% to 50%
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Flight risk: safe air travel now comes at a price
FlySafair is charging people extra to keep seats next to them free. Government doesn’t agree, but it might be worth it
‘Careful’ US sailors thought they were safer in SA. They were wrong
Patrick Childress said he was lucky to be in SA when the coronavirus hit. Now he is on a ventilator in hospital
It’s back to work for parents, but what about the kids?
Lockdown level 3 presents another set of worries, and rising costs, as only grades 7 and 12 are back in class
World’s top ‘virus slayer’ says SA can learn from Ebola and HIV crises
Ebola is different to Covid-19, but the key is early intervention because both are multi-organ diseases, he says
It takes dogged determination to save SA’s most precious predators
NGO relies on volunteers for funding, but volunteerism has ground to a halt due to Covid-19. You can help, though
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
EDITORIAL | Just because you can doesn’t mean you ...
Covid-19 deaths and cases are set to spike, which means we shouldn’t abuse the freedoms we’ve been given
They wrote it this week: How four princesses ...
Extracts from diaries and letters written between June 8 and June 14
LIFE
ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT MATTER
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Today in SA sports history: June 8