The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless
Hedging and hoarding behaviour around vaccine access was inevitable, but it will be impossible for the global economy to recover until the majority of the world’s citizens have been inoculated
Paddy Harper finds his ANC councillor has led him, but much like Donald Trump, it was down a garden path
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal
Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
Professor Salim Abdool Karim talks to Nicolene de Wee about his responsibility as head of the ministerial advisory committee tasked with guiding the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The department will not provide many of its standard services ‘until further notice’, as it focuses on registering an increased number of death certificates
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
The 10 scientists will investigate the origins of the new virus in a politically fraught mission that comes more than a year after the pandemic began, with accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the project.
Medical science has developed hugely powerful technologies that can be used for social purposes. But to achieve this, it needs to be clearly on the side of the people
Although South Africa’s variant of Covid-19 does not cause more severe illness, the country, according to the president, must be ‘diligent, vigilant and compliant’
More needs to be done to ensure that we raise children in a healthy ecosystem. Our children are our future and there is no other investment that could be more important
The vaccine can break the surge cycle, if the poor and the newly poor are prioritised
The president is set to speak on developments in relation to the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic
The health regulatory authority has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat Covid-19, despite calls on the government to approve its use, as there is no data to support its effectiveness
The South African law does not make it mandatory for citizens to be vaccinated, and the same will apply for Covid-19 immunisation. But experts say people still have the responsibility not to act recklessly — and they should follow Covid-19 health protocols
Most of the coronavirus deaths were in Peru, Brazil, India, Mexico, Ecuador, Bangladesh, Italy and the United States
The new year started with a crucial step towards free trade between countries on the continent
By building online courses backwards, the necessary skills can be taught in stages
The acute nature of the pandemic has galvanised civil society to demand better accountability
Pharmaceutical companies are yet to register their vaccines with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, boding ill for its delivery to the public
The government would do well to realise that these two disasters can’t be tackled separately
In the January 8 statement, Ramaphosa says those who bring the ANC into disrepute will no longer be tolerated
Viewing January 8 off the screen instead of from the middle of a stadium should be the way of the future
Just days after Minister Zweli Mkhize came under fire for the government’s apparent slow take on securing the vaccine, he announced to Parliament that the first batch of dosages would be arriving this month
Misinformation and a history of health scandals have led to a powerful anti-vax movement, presenting France with a fresh challenge in the pandemic
The tobacco company has counter-filed for leave to appeal December’s tobacco ruling, should the government’s application for leave to appeal be successful
Despite the media’s wish for a neat story, the African continent’s response to Covid-19 is all over the map
A fresh legal wrangle and jostling at the courts over the ban could run for much of the life span of the pandemic itself
Good leaders build trust which is essential to health – the foundation of prosperous economies
Medical aid schemes and businesses will help the government with the cost of acquiring enough vaccines for the South African population to achieve herd immunity
Covid-19 puts the brakes on the governing party again, as 20 regional and provincial elective conferences need to be rescheduled