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Thandiswa Mazwai returns to the stage for an intimate, soul-stirring performance at The Lyric Theatre. (Photo supplied)
AFROHOUSE

Diary: National Arts Festival, Thandiswa live at the Lyric, Sisonke Afrohouse

Festival returns with fresh fire and fearless talent For 11 days this winter, Makhanda becomes the beating heart of South African creativity and artistic innovation as the…

  • Kibo Ngowi
  • Busi Lethole
2 min read
Two-way street: Reality show This Body Works for Me follows the lives of seven South African sex workers. Photo: Supplied
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

A candid look at sex work

Thandeka, who has been working in the sector for 13 years, says a new reality TV series is edifying

  • Ipeleng Derby-Molefe
7 min read
Used vials of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
ASPEN PHARMACARE

J&J’s failure to deliver adequate Covid-19 doses to South Africa is nothing new

South Africa is still awaiting millions of Covid-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson even though the country contributed to its research through the Ensemble and Sisonke studies

  • Candice Sehoma
5 min read
Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme is behind schedule. (Photo by Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images)
ACTIVE INGREDIENT

Two-million new J&J jabs to come within two weeks, says Aspen

Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme…

  • Mia Malan
11 min read
People who have been vaccinated have to wait in the area for between 15 and 30 minutes to be monitored for potential vaccine-related side-effects. (Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism)
BETA VARIANT

What is it like to get a Covid-19 vaccine? We take you on a tour of a Johannesburg site

What does the inside of a vaccination centre look like and how do nurses administer the jab? The vials, syringes, the vaccinators — and the science behind it

  • Mia Malan
8 min read
Aside from the economic benefits, urgent decriminalisation is needed to ensure constitutional rights of the country’s estimated 153 000 sex workers. (John McCann/M&G)
CORONA LEAD

Police treat sex workers like they are ‘nothing’

Those on the street say that the usual abuse has intensified under the lockdown

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read