Minority communities and developing-country populations may approach health services cautiously – and with good reason, given the medical profession’s history of inhumanity. But, by blaming low Covid-19 vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, the profession is effectively using this history to victimise the same communities again
Covid-19 had an immediate effect on informal businesses, which fell from 1.6-million enterprises in the first quarter of 2020 to 1.2-million in the second
The decuplets were a fiction, and Ramaphosa’s iPad wasn’t stolen after all. Paddy Harper’s vaccine, however, is still MIA, but he’s feeling hopeful he’ll get one soon
Tighter measures are necessary to contain Covid-19’s spread in Gauteng, but returning to level-five restrictions is not on the cards, says Makhura
Our system is still not conducive for dealing with community transmissions. Harsher restrictions and constant lockdowns are not the answer
During a webinar on Wednesday evening, the former finance minister said the country needs a stronger social compact and a more detailed recovery plan
A study of adolescents who attempted suicide sheds some light into causes and preventative strategies
Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year
A pioneering railway scheme in the UK is helping domestic violence victims to escape their abusers by providing them with free travel to reach refuge
The hearings will be open to the media and the public, under strict level-three regulations
People who have had Covid-19 in the past 30 days or who have had a flu shot in the past 14 days will be vaccinated at a later date
While officials remain entangled in bureaucratic knots, clinicians warn that the continued closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital risks a ‘humanitarian disaster’
The first batch of locally manufactured jabs could be expected in the next nine to 12 months
Allergic reactions, unusual blood clots and heart inflammation have all been linked to Covid vaccines. But most people won’t experience these severe reactions. Watch this easy explainer
“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a statement released in March last year. These appalling figures are just one of the many consequences of gender-based violence and abuse, namely domestic abuse, which is defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner
More than 1 500 patients in Gauteng are currently on oxygen assistance
More than half a million basic education-sector workers are set to receive the vaccination in the next two weeks
Delaying the vaccination of prisoners could lead to a public health disaster
Hospitals are under strain, nurses are burning out and infections are on the rise, but there are limited Covid-19 vaccine doses available
‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside
Sipho Makhubela assures that the private equity firm has what it takes to raise the capital to get SAA flying again
The defence branch will assist with mass testing, screening and contact tracing
While the nation is seized with the 10 babies soapie, the third wave is upon us and the country has moved to level-three lockdown
Thursday was the first time acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appeared before the committee, but she did not have many answers for MPs
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
After a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections, President Ramaphosa has brought the country back to level three restrictions
The president will give an update on developments in South Africa’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Six ways to invest in health systems and be better prepared for the next pandemic as Africa responds to Covid-19
A man who took on cellphone data regulators over out-of-bundle rates is featured in this edition of a series on human rights defenders in the SADC region
Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme is behind schedule
With income cut by 40%, operators fear the move back to level 2 of lockdown
Interest in the beleaguered national carrier, which has received billions of rands in public funding, means criticism is inevitable