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The Covid Report

At the onset of the Covid- 19 pandemic in South Africa when President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster in March 2020, Voice of Wits launched an hour- long daily talk show, The Covid Report. This show focuses on the impact the virus has on various sectors of society. Some of the topics covered include; stories of recovery, how people living in informal settlements are dealing with the pandemic, the impact of the virus on schooling- focusing on home schooling. The LIVE show airs 6 and 7pm Monday to Thursday and is available on podcast after that.
Weekly English South Africa Technology · Music
232 Episodes
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Why has America failed to manage the covid-19 pandemic?

The US has become the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic with over 9 million infections and rising and 228- thousand deaths. This all as the country prepares for a presidential election in November where incumbent Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are vying for the 46th US president…
22 Oct 2020 39 min

How covid-19 pandemic made it hard for people to look for jobs

South Africa’s unemployment rate fell to 23.3% in the second quarter of 2020 from 30.1% in the previous period. It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2009, as the country’s strict lockdown distorted labour force numbers with fewer people actively looking for employment. Meantime, employment fell…
20 Oct 2020 20 min

Impact of covid 19 on NGO funding

NGO’s are facing a great number of challenges arising from internal weaknesses as well as limitations emanating from official frameworks and support mechanisms aimed at strengthening them. These play a critical role in advancing social change and transformation, but would their current funding model need to be addressed for them…
19 Oct 2020 22 min

How child abuse has been

The COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown has resulted in an economic slowdown which has disrupted every aspect of our society. This situation also has far-reaching implications for the role that non-profit organisations play in the lives of millions of South Africans. Today on the #CovidReport we hear from Clinical Director…
19 Oct 2020 30 min

Technology the winner during the covid 19 pandemic

The telecommunications industry has seen tremendous technological advances over the past few decades, with mobility, broadband and internet services growing in capability and reach across the globe. The pandemic has demonstrated the critical importance that telecommunications infrastructure plays in keeping businesses, governments and societies connected and running. Because of the…
14 Oct 2020 36 min

How has Covid 19 affected advertising?

The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to shape the advertising industry in the long-term. Businesses are prioritizing survival for now, but in the future will have to find new ways of brand-building. The change in people’s media and consumption habits will force a rethink of how best to do so. Paul…
13 Oct 2020 26 min

Will structural reforms resolve our economic problems?

South Africa’s economy recorded its worst slump in decades in the second quarter, when Africa’s most industrialised nation remained mired in one of the world’s strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. On the #CovidReport today we seak to Economist Khathutshelo Sikhitha to tell us more.
13 Oct 2020 24 min

Dating During the Pandemic

Dating is complicated and often clumsy even in the best of times, add in a mask, social distancing and fear of a highly contagious virus. It's no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has made nearly everything more difficult, including dating, our relationships with other people in our communities, our families…
12 Oct 2020 29 min

Surviving Covid19 in the US

On the Covid Report today we look at how one of the world's most developed nations has dealt with Covid 19. The US is the epicentre of the coronara virus with millions of people who have lost their and millions others infected. We speak to Sonya Shields, an American activist…
8 Oct 2020 44 min

Has human trafficking increased during the covid-19 pandemic in South Africa?

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world under enormous strain. With unprecedented measures adopted to flatten the infection curve, while at first sight these enforcement measures seemed to dissuade crime, they may also drive it further underground. With 27 million people believed to have been a victim of human trafficking,…
7 Oct 2020 36 min

How a decolonised medical system could have improved our response to Covide19

Traditional healing used to be concentrated a lot in the rural areas of Africa because of the inclination towards traditional ways of living in those areas. However, in the 21st century the situation has changed. Traditional health care services are no longer confined largely in the rural traditional villages alone…
6 Oct 2020 1 hr 03 min

How Covid-19 has affected prison and correctional services

With a vast majority of the world's prisons and detention centers being overcrowded and underfunded, physical distancing is simply not an option. Close confinement, shared facilities and spaces, have inmates and prison staff living in constant fear. Is a health response to COVID-19 in prisons enough? We speak to Logan…
5 Oct 2020 16 min

Food wastage amid the pandemic

COVID-19 lockdowns across the world have unleashed a range of unintended consequences, sparking a global economic crisis that has magnified fault lines in society, particularly in developing nations already burdened by high levels of poverty and income disparity. Millions of people’s livelihoods have been disrupted, leaving many unable to feed…
5 Oct 2020 30 min

Is it safe to go to the mountain for initiation during the pandemic?

Initiation schools are a cultural practice that has been conducted from many years ago where young men are circumcised and being taught on how to be men as they transition into manhood. As we are facing a global pandemic, one would wonder what impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on…
30 Sep 2020 27 min

South Africa is re-opening its borders, what does this mean for travellers?

There have been Local and international calls for South African to reopen the borders in order to kickstart the economy and prepare for a post cover-19 world. While the president has announced that the country will be reopening its borders, there have been delays in announcing which countries our borders will…
28 Sep 2020 36 min

How covid-19 has affect sex workers in South Africa

Sex workers amongst the vast majority remain the most marginalised group because their job is not recognised as work in South Africa. According to a study done by SWEAT in 2013, there were 158 000 sex workers in the country at the time, most of whom were female and support…
23 Sep 2020 46 min

How Africa has managed Covid-19 better than most nation, looking at Nigeria

The African continent seems to have dealt with the pandemic better than the developed nations. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous infection remains under 100 - thousand with recover as high as above 78%. We speak to Dr Kehinde Okunade who is currently based in Lagos State Nigeria about how they have…
22 Sep 2020 52 min
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