Africa’s trade relationships have been irreversibly affected by three events – the Covid-19 pandemic and two important trade agreements. At midnight on 31 January 2020, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) officially came into force. The decision – Brexit – made by 52% of the British population resulted in the EU losing its second-largest…
Physical health has been brought into sharp focus over the last year as people watch for any sign of irregular temperature, loss of breath, or a tickle at the back of their throat. Yet, the impact of COVID- 19 on mental health is also proving deadly, particularly in Africa where health services were facing a financial struggle long before there…
Jewish irony: Passover was cancelled because of a plague. I moved my mezuzah from the front door to my fridge because it’s the only door I still open. Why are we running out of toilet paper? Because when one person sneezes, a hundred others s*** themselves! As the world hunkers down, threatened by the worst global health crisis in 100…
When everyone else is running away from danger, war reporters hurl their cameras and microphones in the opposite direction to ‘get the story’. Paula Slier, the writer of this piece, is one of them. War reporting is more a calling than a profession. Why else would an otherwise sane adult throw himself or herself in harm’s way? When everyone else…