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Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
More effort must go into building synergies between emergent local efforts and the government response.
Ramaphosa’s call for a new social compact will fall on deaf ears unless there are some fundamental changes to the way in which the pandemic is being managed.
Ubuntu provides a language for people to participate in preventive action, even if this involves practices such as lockdowns.
The word ‘solidarity’ is echoing around the world in the COVID-19 pandemic. But where does the term come from and what does it really mean?
The health crisis is pushing governments to try to control the movement of people, but migrants continue to arrive in EU reception centres, which are currently experiencing a crisis of tragic proportions.
The survival resource of the world’s most vulnerable people – their social networks – may become compromised
The South African government is going ahead with the National Health Insurance scheme but has yet to detail how it is to be funded. What seems certain is that taxpayers will foot the bill.
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Cultural and Political Sociologist, Université de Liège
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Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Doctoral student at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences , University of South Africa
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Associate Professor, School of governance, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Senior Scientist, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Honorary researcher, Division of Social & Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, UCT, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor in Taxation, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher for Resilience at Mercy Corps and a Visiting Fellow, Tufts University