“We must realise we are only at the beginning of this pandemic. There is no way by some miracle, one fine day, it will disappear. This is a diabolical virus.” These were the words of the world’s most renowned “virus hunter”, Professor…
An ANC document on economic reconstruction, leaked to DispatchLIVE sister publication Business Times, is proposing using private pension savings and direct financial interventions by the Public Investment Corp (PIC) and the SA Reserve…
China continues to play a pivotal role in SA’s fight against the coronavirus. In a virtual meeting held with SA editors on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted how the bulk of the masks, ventilators and testing kits were still…
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as Latin America reported a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the disease. Countries such as Brazil, Chile and Mexico are struggling to stem the…
Residents of the Indian Ocean island nation Mauritius rushed to supermarkets on Thursday after they had been shut for 10 days under a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Mauritius, usually a paradise holiday…
