Getting migrants vaccinated is critical
Migrants without documents may be justifiably hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine and need assurance that their information will be protected and not used against them.
COVID-19
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The scarcity and expense of Covid-19 vaccines
Fatima Hassan, founder of the non-governmental organisation sounding the alarm bells over vaccine procurement issues, speaks about pricing, transparency and rollout strategies.
PE struggles under the weight of Covid-19 bodies
Those who help bury the dead – from gravediggers to undertakers – have been struggling to cope with the rise in demand during the second wave of the pandemic in Nelson Mandela Bay.
SA’s hidden sanctions against political gatherings
The government’s failure to clearly stipulate the penalties for transgressing the regulations against large gatherings, which include protests, should alarm all South Africans.
Long Read | Conspiracies in far-right politics
Paranoia that the Covid-19 vaccine will be used to subjugate people is rampant. The truth, that capitalism doesn’t hide its devilry, is far simpler – and harder to swallow.
Racist malpractice fuels conspiracy theories
Could the long history of racist medical malpractice, social media conspiracy theorists and big pharma profiteering threaten the success of South Africa’s biggest vaccination programme?
Gauteng health workers struggling in second wave
Health workers and undertakers in Gauteng are now feeling the strain of the second wave of Covid-19 as the numbers of patients entering hospitals and those dying keep rising.
ANC factionalism fuels vaccine scepticism
In Joburg’s inner city, existing political fault lines are providing fertile ground for the spread of misinformation, with vaccine scepticism taking hold.
KZN overrun by Covid-19 bodies
From health centres to crematoriums, the province is struggling to keep up with the logistics of death.
Mpumalanga health workers depleted and unprotected
Shortages in personnel and protective equipment have left nurses and support workers in clinics at risk of contracting the virus, and so crippling hospitals in the province.
Why prisoners are a priority in vaccine rollout
Inmates comprise a vulnerable group in society and they are meant to receive Covid-19 vaccines earlier than the general population. This has sparked debate locally and globally.
No cure for South Africa’s colonised medical minds
Elites have ignored the countries successfully using preventative measures against Covid-19. Instead, they’ve followed Western nations with their blind faith in technical solutions.
Alcohol industry and government have to do better
The three sales bans the government has imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic have placed South Africans’ alcohol abuse and the booze industry’s predatory nature firmly in the spotlight.
CAF’s reactive nature leads to Covid-19 chaos
The pandemic will test Africa’s football governing body as fears grow that some clubs have and will weaponise the virus to use against their opponents in the inter-club competitions.
Calls for transparency in how KZN manages Covid-19
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa to blame for its border posts problem
The country has been moving steadily towards more securitised and militarised borders, further endangering those desperate to move to South Africa, but without addressing the real problems.
Eastern Cape’s struggle against Covid-19 continues
Workers in the healthcare and funeral industries continue to face life-threatening situations even as the number of coronavirus infections in the Eastern Cape is dropping.
Affirming medicine as a public good
Medical science has developed hugely powerful technologies that can be used for social purposes. But to achieve this, it needs to be clearly on the side of the people.
An inherited struggle for dance
Nokuthula Qobongwana inherited her mother’s passion for dance and hopes to make a living through it. Just as she was getting started, Covid-19 came and halted it all.
Bread and vaccines
Pharmaceutical companies stand to make billions from the Covid-19 pandemic, but the vaccines they have developed are the fruits of the collective labour of all of humanity.
In Pictures | The ticking time bomb at Beitbridge
Throngs wait for days to cross the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa as street vendors sell food, water and access to ablutions to desperate travellers.