Part three | HIV lessons for Covid-19
The last in this three-part series highlights how, unlike during the HIV and Aids epidemic in South Africa, no ordinary people have taken to the streets to demand vaccines.
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Part two | HIV lessons for Covid-19
The second in this three-part series shows the critical role communities played in HIV and Aids treatment in rural Lusikisiki, a neglected aspect of the government’s coronavirus vaccine rollout.
Half price but all heart: Carolina’s taxis
In a nod of appreciation to the Carolina community and acknowledging the damaging financial effects of Covid-19, the taxi association there has cut fares for learners.
Part one | HIV lessons for Covid-19
The first in this three-part series looks at how South Africans overcame the pharmaceutical patents blocking access to life-saving antiretrovirals during the country’s first epidemic, HIV and Aids.
Silkscreening the pandemic
The print exhibition explores life in a world changed by Covid-19 through artworks that show us how individuals and communities have been shaped by the fallout from the outbreak.
Blinded by the glow of the ‘First World’ gaze
The government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan blatantly ignores the realities of life for the majority of South Africans. Sadly, this lack of insight and sense was to be expected.
India’s Covid-19 plans pit cow dung against science
Modi’s government has promoted pseudoscientific methods to prevent and treat the virus, with ministers making wild claims about the health properties of trees, herbs and animal waste.
Covid’s damage to SA football scouting and coaching
Professional football has been played behind closed doors since August 2020. Not allowing scouts and analysts into the stadiums has affected their work and altered the ways in which players are analysed.
Cartoon | The minister’s shadow
In this week’s cartoon, a future statue of SA health minister Zweli Mkhize contrasts his steady pandemic leadership with the obscenely inflated communications tenders handed to a clique of his old friends.
New vaccination phase is a real shot in the arm
There have been teething issues with the rollout of phase two of the vaccinations, but the people who recently received their jabs were happy with their newfound freedom and peace of mind.
Nepal is drowning in Covid-19
The health system in the Himalayan nation is woefully ill-equipped to deal with the rising caseload and there seems little reason to hope that the situation may soon improve.
Tracking Covid-19’s long-term effects on athletes
A study by South African sport scientists is shedding light on how long it takes to recover from the virus and return to training safely. Its findings can benefit athletes’ mental wellness too.
From above: Johannesburg during lockdown
Photojournalists have been covering the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic mostly from the ground, but these drone images of the city from the past year provide a new perspective.
The rural women keeping Covid-19 at bay in India
The devastating second wave of Covid-19 in India could have been deadlier if not for women frontline healthcare workers in rural areas who face many challenges while performing essential tasks.
Renewed calls for SA to have a basic income grant
Human rights organisations are advocating a state safety net for the millions of South Africans who have been left hungry after the R350 social relief of distress grant was discontinued on 30 April.
Bill Gates set the stage for India’s dire response
The billionaire defends Big Pharma while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s belief in magical capitalism has led to disaster during the second wave of the pandemic.
Cartoon | Not immune
In this week’s cartoon, former South African president Jacob Zuma gets an unpleasant shot from Lady Justice.
Long Read | Covid’s stealthy factor: moral injury
The physical safety and mental wellbeing of photographers working on the front line have traditionally fallen by the wayside. But what about less noticeable harm?
Once begun, mass vaccination cannot be halted
On 17 May, a long race against the clock starts, one in which every day and every vaccination matters. We should aim to administer at least 250 000 doses a day.
India’s Covid-19 crisis behind bars
Political prisoners, many of whom are awaiting trial, face abysmal conditions in far-flung, overcrowded jails. Now they are threatened with infection without access to heathcare.
No Covid-19 grant, no food on the table
Families such as the Mapapas have been surviving on the special Covid-19 grant, which has come to an end. How they will survive moving forward is a question many in South Africa now face.