Mozambique and Covid-19: is government transparency on the rise?
In the management of the coronavirus crisis, the Mozambican government is showing a more open and tolerant attitude towards critics. Will it last?…
Debilitating capitalism, Covid-19 and the tragedy of essential work
The real war is not against the virus, but for a just political economy that stops exploiting people and depleting their vital energies.…
Spain is not at war with Covid-19
When you compare the Covid-19 Spanish experience with real wars, the differences are more than the similarities.…
The political economy of Covid-19 rumours in Cape Town
If we want to improve the information about Covid-19, we need to pay greater attention to the political and economic context in which knowledge circulates.…
There's a tingling in my throat: is that you, Corona?
Trying to fight off Covid-19, Lagosians have become experts at self-medication. Without an adequate public health system, they don't have much of a choice.…
Tired all the time: caring, parenting and home working during Covid-19
My partner, toddler and I have always been champions at strategising, planning for every major decision. Then coronavirus hit.…
Can marginalised urban communities face Covid-19 without state support?
For years, low-income city residents have dealt creatively with the global reduction of state services. The pandemic requires a different scale of response.…
Covid-19: the humbling and humbled virus
Coronavirus is affecting health systems and economies globally. But on closer look, power, privilege and hierarchies of suffering resurface, starker than ever.…