Given the complexity of global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, it is typical for crisis-focused interventions to have a multiplicity of impacts. Some of these impacts may yield positive or negative externalities for health priorities that do not have the same perceived urgency Read full article
A key point to note, however, is that not everyone who uses #IStandWithRussia and #IStandWithPutin does so in support of Russia. Read full article
Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management. Read full article
There is no space for passive indignation while South Africa is torn apart by misguided militancy. Read full article
To accommodate the need for community engagement and place-based approaches in smart city agendas in Africa, we build on the literature on smart cities, southern urbanism and the urban commons to develop a conceptual framework for urban commoning in Africa… Read full article
Over several years, one hashtag has become prominent on social media for rallying behind a campaign calling on government and the private sector to prioritise local jobs for South Africans over foreign nationals, while blaming immigrants for crime, among other social issues. Read full article
Many social media users have taken up firm positions to attack or defend Sisulu’s views, with others remaining neutral. Read full article
Here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: Watch full video
This Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report looks into the last four weeks of social mediaconversations. These were driven by: conspiracy theories, ways to apparently cleanse oneselfof the vaccine, vaccine mandate controversies, and questions about the vaccine’s effectiveness. Read full report
Just how far gone is South Africa? There isn’t one canary in the coal mine, but many, and they’re signalling to us in a cacophony of voices. That is perhaps the most telling indicator that the complexity of South Africa’s current woes may indeed lead down the road to collapse. Read full article
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