The smallpox vaccine provides 85% protection against infection with monkeypox, but South Africa stopped vaccinating people against smallpox in 1980
The South African Human Rights Commission reiterates its call in encouraging everyone to have themselves vaccinated against Covid-19
Cities lead the spike in new Covid-19 cases. But in the Western Cape village of Genadendal, where people trace their roots back to the Khoi and freed slaves, one man was worried that unheeded fatal lessons from more than 200 years ago could once again prove tragic
Underground liquor has a long history in South Africa. Its next chapter is being written under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
Under a state of national disaster, some rights may be suspended. But it is critical to remember that the Constitution itself is not suspended
Hope requires empathy and a courageous optimism and faith that, as a species, our existence as humans transcends even the darkest of times
Our leaders’ approach to risk is unbalanced. There are huge resources to guard against an extinct disease, and nothing on oil running out.