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Making vaccination mandatory may be beneficial, given that the government has a responsibility to protect its people; but it does raise the issue of whether forcing individuals to receive a compulsory vaccination would interfere with their rights.
COVID 19

Are mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations a violation of human rights?

The issue is a complex one, and nearly impossible to enforce

  • Njabulo Nomvula Nene
3 min read
UFS said in its announcement that it consulted widely with stakeholders including legal firms that and up to 85% of the university’s senate supported the decision.
CCMA

Solidarity vs University of Free State in vaccine mandate court case

The union wants the court to decide whether the policy of enforcing vaccinations at UFS holds water.

  • Marcia Zali
4 min read
Prevention: A nurse tests a health worker for Covid-19 at a clinic in Johannesburg. (Photo by MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images)
DR BENJAMIN KAGIMA

Covid’s here to stay, so live with it

The world must be responsible in its reaction to the virus in all its varieties

  • Marcia Zali
7 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)
COVID 19

Mandatory vaccination on cards as Ramaphosa keeps South Africa on level one lockdown

Ramaphosa calls out world leaders for irrational travel bans as scientists gather evidence on new Omicron variant

  • Marcia Zali
3 min read
A mine employee measures the temperature of a mineworker, enroute to his evening shift at the Sibanye-Stillwater platinum mine, before letting him board a company bus at the Wonderkop taxi rank in Marikana, near Rustenburg. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP)
CORONAVIRUS

Mining industry vaccinates over 200 000 workers, mandatory vaccination not on the cards for now

Minerals Council aims to get 80% of its workforce vaccinated by November

  • Marcia Zali
2 min read
This week Ethiopia became the latest African country to confirm the presence of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 within its borders. (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
AFROBASKET

Africa in brief: 4-11 September

What happened on the continent this past week

  • The Continent
4 min read
People wearing face masks stand in a line as they wait to be vaccinated at the Sydney Olympic Park Vaccination Centre at Homebush in Sydney on August 16, 2021. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
ANTHONY FAUCI

Vaccine passports, masks and herd immunity. Bhekisisa asks Dr Anthony Fauci

We ask the infectious diseases specialist 18 questions about the Covid-19 pandemic: from how to counter vaccine hesitancy to whether life will ever return to ‘normal’

  • Mia Malan
16 min read