Plans to allow supporters back into football matches, perhaps before the end of the year, are being considered in government. The proposals could come into effect at the end of…
Day: November 28, 2020
Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: Why are so many still dying?
Twenty years ago, treatment for HIV was a rare luxury in South Africa. Exorbitant costs and President Thabo Mbeki's government's fierce opposition to providing antiretroviral treatment (ART) kept it out…
The myth of the ‘poor pensioner’ helps shield the City
Pensioners are a useful defence in the City’s fight to preserve its privileges. Unwittingly they are wheeled out as human shields by the finance industry, and increasingly major corporations, to…
How to use Alexa Care Hub to check in on older relatives
Amazon has rolled out the Care Hub, a set of Alexa features you can use to remotely check in on older relatives in their homes. That could be especially useful…
Oldest friend has fallen out with me over my son’s texts’
Dear ColeenI’m a woman in my 60s and my son got married three years ago to the daughter of some good friends of ours, and we couldn’t have been happier…