Latest articles on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Who’s making money from Covid-19?

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk - 24 Aug 2020

Our Covid-19 Tender Tracker is monitoring payments awarded for PPE, and we need your help to maintain it.

False dawn gives Ace all the cards

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 9 Aug 2020

The unrepentant, recalcitrant ANC secretary general thinks it’s okay for his and other wayward comrades’ kids to loot

Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity

Africa Webster Zambara - 6 Jul 2020

The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this

This simple model shows the importance of wearing masks and social distancing

Coronavirus Jeyaraj Vadiveloo - 29 Jun 2020

This simple actuarial model uses general guidelines, rather than data and assumptions about Covid-19 specifically, to simulate the effect of safety protocols

Doctors under siege in Sudan

Africa Ayin Network - 26 Jun 2020

Healthcare workers in the country are quitting because of assaults and inadequate PPE

SA accelerating towards virus peak without capacity, experts warn

Coronavirus M&G Data Desk, Sarah Smit & Chris Gilili - 18 Jun 2020

Despite efforts to prepare for the worst, it is ‘very unlikely’ that hospitals will be able to cope with the onslaught of Covid-19 cases

Teachers test Covid-19 positive

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 5 Jun 2020

Many schools are still not coronavirus ready for learners and teachers to return

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Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late

Coronavirus Tebadi Mmotla - 1 Jun 2020

Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.

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We should be worried about children going back to school

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 May 2020

Personal protective equipment had not been delivered to all schools, some had not been cleaned and some provinces were still in a process of recruiting people who will be responsible for screening for Covid-19

Inmates fear Covid-19 contagion

Coronavirus Thanduxolo Jika - 21 May 2020

A group of men wearing masks can be seen in cellphone images — but they are not physically distancing because of overcrowding in their cell

Education: A state of unreadiness

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 21 May 2020

Evidence shows schools are not ready as the department pushes them to reopen in 10 days

Wanted: Medical experts in the Eastern Cape

Article Athandiwe Saba & Thanduxolo Jika - 29 Apr 2020

Its government is far behind other provinces in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic

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Level four lockdown: Dlamini-Zuma stubs out South Africa’s hopes for a puff

Article Paddy Harper - 29 Apr 2020

Some industries will open but the tobacco ban remains in place, contradicting the president’s earlier remarks

Nurses ‘threatened’ after refusing to attend to people in quarantine

Article Chris Gilili & Athandiwe Saba - 19 Apr 2020

Sixteen people identified during mass testing in the Eastern Cape were first taken to a B&B before being taken to a hospital

Jack Ma v. Bill Gates: Does Africa need another benevolent billionaire?

Africa Simon Allison - 18 Apr 2020

The latest member of the benevolent billionaires club could learn from what his peers have done right — and wrong

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Corruption allegations resurface at state biology lab

Sabelo Skiti - 20 Sep 2020

The entire finance department senior management at Onderstepoort Biological Products, including an alleged whistleblower, have been suspended amid corruption probes

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The Qwelane case: When human rights meet human rights

Sarah Smit - 20 Sep 2020

The Jon Qwelane case brings into focus the tension between hate speech and freedom of expression

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Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recycling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges