The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months, but not without shortcomings
With less than 10 weeks until the Tokyo Games begin and as Japan battles a surge in infections, public opinion remains strongly opposed to the event going ahead this summer.
Human Rights Watch warns that learners may take years to recover from the damage caused by school closures
With no cases of Covid-19, a Zimbabwe informal settlement’s residents are more concerned about making ends meet – and their imminent eviction
These key indicators have been buoyed by a trade surplus and commodities boom, but will this lead to economic growth?
Business has a critical role to play in fostering diversity and inclusion and building healthier workplaces and societies in the wake of the crisis
Since the start of 2020 the country has paused its roll-out twice, swapped AstraZeneca jabs for Pfizer’s and Johnson & Johnson’s and now phase two has started
From today, people aged 60 years and older and some health workers will be vaccinated by June and everyone else by February 2022
The miners are in a comfortable position as the world creeps towards a lower-carbon future
Fight the equity divide so that African families have adequate food, social protection and access to technology
The governing party suspends usual procedure as weekend chaos escalates, and we suspend our disbelief about vaccine access
Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?
After many delays, this coming week’s first vaccine recipients can only expect to have immunity by 4 June at the earliest.
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
Careful planning is needed to ensure doses are safely distributed across the country
Legally, the local government election must be held this year and the government hasn’t said why they wouldn’t go ahead, says the Electoral Commission of South Africa
The chief executive of the IEC, Sy Mamabolo, assured the Salga leaders assembly that the organisation would deliver a free and fair election.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has increased by an average of 46% over seven days
The SADC states have failed to deliver on their human rights obligations by not securing vaccines
The master plan to rescue the industry means that at least 80% of sugar consumption will come from South African farms and millers
The Colombian government’s violent repression of political dissent is dangerous
The Covid-19 B.1.617 variant, first detected in India, is now listed as one of concern, but the World Health Organisation says it does not doubt the efficacy of global vaccines
Soon, South Africa will start with its mass vaccine roll-out. We take a look at what to expect when you get vaccinated.
The government is to decide whether travel restrictions will be implemented after variants originally from India and the UK were detected in South Africa.
There are fears of a resurgence in preventable childhood diseases in the face of poor immunisation data
Although still needed, the relevance and credibility of electoral observers requires assessment
Biggest players in the game show signs of recovery but a low-carbon future may threaten fossil fuel
How rare is rare? How are the blood clots from the vaccine trial unusual? How are symptoms tracked?
The self-employed were nearly three times less likely to work during the hard lockdown, economists found
A bunch of flowers on Mother’s Day expresses gratitude but mothers need more – recognise all their work, listen to them, include them in decision-making
Speaking in the national assembly after Ace Magashule tried to ‘suspend’ him, the president told the DA he keeps quiet when internal strife hits the opposition.
Our way of life is still far from finding its “new normal” and we aren’t getting any closer, while palace politics once again take centre stage as we head to October’s local elections