https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Coronavirus-crisis-and-the-struggle-for-health https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Coronavirus-crisis-and-the-struggle-for-health 2020-07-19T14:04:48Z text/html en Louis Reynolds South Africa Public services Covid-19 Pandemic <p>The Covid-19 crisis in South Africa has resulted in welcome signs that our government, at last, is becoming serious about actually governing the country. It acted early and effectively by declaring a state of disaster, developed new legislation, and implemented a range of important measures, across government sectors, to flatten the curve of the epidemic. As the numbers of proven infections escalated, it acted decisively and appropriately to halt further spread by imposing a lockdown. It has done so openly and with an unusually high degree of transparency. Political parties seem to have dropped tit-for-tat politics in favour of a focused non-sectarian approach.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV546-July-2020-" rel="directory">IV546 - July 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-South-Africa-+" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Public-services-+" rel="tag">Public services </a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Covid-19-Pandemic-+" rel="tag">Covid-19 Pandemic</a>