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A pharmacist does a stock take of antiretroviral drugs at the rural Emmaus Hospital, 20km from Bergville, Kwa Zulu/Natal. (Photo by Naashon Zalk/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Pharmacists an ‘underused resource’, can play a bigger role in healthcare

About 70% of the doctors who emigrate are pushed out of the country by excessive taxes, unsatisfactory fringe benefits and poor remuneration

The Jukskei River flows through the City of Johannesburg, including areas that are poorly serviced. Photos: Odd Andersen/Getty Images & Bafana Mahlangu/Gallo Images

Cholera: Sewage infrastructure failure worsens disease spread

Three cases in Gauteng were imported or import-related from Malawi but the increasing number of locally acquired cases is raising concerns

South Africans can now apply for a Covid-19 digital vaccine certificate  (Photo by Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Five steps to get your Covid-19 vaccine certificate

People without identity documents will have to wait for the government to put in place a proper vaccination system for them

Health department rolls out Pfizer boosters to eligible individuals

Low uptake anticipated because of festive season, but healthcare workers stand ready

Proactive: Teachers and support staff queue for the Covid-19 vaccination at Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein in the face of the more transmittable Delta variant. (Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images/Volksblad)

Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts

The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December

Advisors suggest end to quarantine of asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts

According to the ministerial advisory committee, the quarantine period for “high-risk contacts” of Covid-19 patients is not an effective measure for containing the spread of the…

In limbo: Vusi and his twin, Mandla, flanked by their mother Alina Ndlovu, have been to three home affairs department offices to try to get documentation stating that they were born in South Africa. They and other young people have written to the Human Rights Commission for help. Photos: Tumelo Dibakwane

Born in but stateless in South Africa

Many young people in Mpumalanga – most of them descendants of Mozambicans who fled the civil war – are in limbo because they don’t have identity documents and birth certificates

Flight searches for solo travel during Christmas and New Year saw a 172% jump compared to the 2019 festive period, with Asia being the top destination of choice for South Africans.
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Tourism industry hopeful of UK red list review

Meeting between scientists of both countries may pave way for removal from red list