The focus must be on primary and preventative healthcare
Financial sector union wants employees who were fired for not being vaccinated to be reinstated
The issue is a complex one, and nearly impossible to enforce
Countries on the continent responded effectively to the virus despite the dire predictions of some in the West
The data from 440 000 Covid-19 patients show that black people in South Africa were far more likely to die than their white counterparts
Water in the country’s drains can pick up a spike in Covid-19 cases or a threatening new variant in time for clinics to prepare for an influx of patients
Programmes that integrate into society are non-existent and since migration management is reactive in outlook, migrants self-select into available social networks.
Grants that were donated during lockdown kept the doors open for many community-based organisations
Politicians have increasingly come under scrutiny for their alleged inflammatory comments which have been taken as endorsement by anti-foreigner activists
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Covid-19 figures have never captured the full extent of the pandemic, and the numbers are becoming less useful because fewer people are testing