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More than 15,000 people travel between Zimbabwe and South Africa every day with many needing medical attention. Migrants’ access to healthcare recently made headlines after the health minister of Limpopo province made disparaging remarks to a Zimbabwean woman seeking help at a South African hospital. Vinayak Bharwaj sets out the health needs of the migrants who move through the border towns of Beitbridge and Musina, and the facilities available to them.
Cyber-attacks are rising, targeting governments, enterprises and individuals around the world. The crime is expected to cost a staggering US$10.5 trillion a year by 2025. South Africa is especially prone to cybercrime because of its less technically aware internet users. Basie von Solms recalls how the private information of at least 54 million South Africans – including President Cyril Ramaphosa – was compromised recently. He outlines five steps the country
needs to take to bolster its cybersecurity.
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Vinayak Bhardwaj, Johns Hopkins University
Beitbridge and Musina are two border towns in Zimbabwe and South Africa that see many migrants pass through – with different health needs.
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Basie von Solms, University of Johannesburg
Poor cybersecurity awareness and training of users is one reason for the high incidence of successful cyber-attacks in South Africa.
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Claire Adionyi, Strathmore University
There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
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Simani Gaseitsiwe, Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence (SANTHE)
Patients with low HIV viral loads are just as likely to harbour HIV variants with drug resistance mutations as those with high viral loads.
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Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway University of London
The new leader of the Conservative party inherits a country in crisis.
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David Rothery, The Open University
Research on exoplanets over the next couple of decades could help us more accurately estimate how many intelligent alien civilisations there are in our galaxy.
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Justine Nolan, UNSW Sydney
The Chinese government’s action in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, says a long awaited report from UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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