...Paul Kariuki; Lizzy Oluwatoyin Ofusori; Maria Lauda Goyayi; Prabhakar Rontala Subramaniam Purpose The purpose of this paper was to examine health-related misinformation proliferation during COVID-19 pandemic and its implications on public governance in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach...

...Nikolaos Varotsis Purpose Telework has been widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, distance work performed through teleworking may hinder organisational operations in public services owing to lower-than-expected work performance. This research paper aims to explore how teleworking...

...Andrea Renda Purpose This paper aims at discussing the options available to governments when it comes to the use of technology to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Design/methodology/approach This is an opinion piece, based on very recent developments (COVID-19), and based on a well...

...Paolo Gerli Purpose Several sources have reported an increase in the opposition to the fifth-generation (5G) amongst local communities following the outbreak of Covid-19. In Italy, more than 300 municipalities banned 5G rollout from their territory between April and June 2020. Researchers have...

...Bronwyn Howell; Petrus H. Potgieter Purpose The Australian and New Zealand governments have released smartphone-based apps to complement contact tracing in the event that they face a resurgence of COVID-19 infections. The apps form part of both countries’ policies to support a return to social...

...Paul Kariuki; Maria Lauda Goyayi; Lizzy Oluwatoyin Ofusori Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of electronic governance (e-governance) in enabling asylum seekers’ access to public services in the city of Durban, South Africa. Because of COVID-19, the government scaled down its operations...