Panic more infectious than any virus – UN Secretary General
The upheaval caused by the coronavirus – Covid-19 – is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That’s absolutely natural.
Global Citizen
Scary truths about washing your hands – and why it could combat #coronavirus
Hand washing is a tried and true, scientifically proven preventive strategy that reduces the likelihood of transmitting both viral and bacterial borne diseases.
SLR: So sad to see anti-semites everywhere, from UK Labour Party to News24
In his weekly diary, London-based Saffer Simon Lincoln Reader picks up on the nasty scourge of anti-semitism and reminds us that we should try harder to eliminate discrimination against Jews.
The coronavirus signs to look out for
The new coronavirus causes little more than a cough if it stays in the nose and throat, which it does for the majority of people unlucky enough to be infected. Danger starts when it reaches the lungs.
SLR: TV licences are an act of cruelty – just look at the SABC, BBC
Without any money the SABC would cease devouring itself, at the time a spectacle far more entertaining than the stuff it produced.
Pravin Gordhan reveals his thinking on Eskom: Exclusive interview with Chris Yelland
Eskom is holding back South Africa’s growth and has been blamed for the country recently slipping into recession, as power cuts curb manufacturing and other business activity.
Profit is not a dirty word, it’s the consumer saying, more of that – Emerick
To truly understand profit, you have to understand the concept of economic value, and a good way to think about this is the idea of substitution.
Budget 2020: South African expat tax exemption increase and no more financial emigration
The key change for expats is that financial emigration through the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is to be phased out from next year.
SLR: MI6, Malema and export of destructive populism
Representatives from no less than 11 African countries approached the British government to complain about Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters, concerned that his toxic, destructive populism could be exported.
SLR: The Alternative SONA because the real one happened last week
The real state of the nation, Simon Lincoln Reader writes, took place last Friday, at Cape Town stadium, where over 51,000+ people attended a tennis match.