South Africa: Ramaphosa Moves Country to Alert Level 1 After Emerging From Second Wave of Covid-19

South Africa's Covid-19 second wave is officially over and lockdown restrictions are to be further reduced, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday evening. Under Alert Level… Read more »

South Africa: Experts Weigh in On Why 'Sugar Tax' Needs to Be Increased

The Health Promotion Levy has been a success but it needs to be scaled up quickly, they say. Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 - Oxygen Delivery Breathes New Life Into Private Ambulance Service

What started out as a means of survival for an embattled private ambulance operator has turned into a way of saving the lives of many Covid-19 patients. Ashwell Tiflin's ambulance… Read more »

South Africa: Women Take Big Hit As Lockdown Reshapes SA's Jobs Market, Survey Finds

Extraordinary findings released on Wednesday about the South African economy show just how great the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns has been, and tell the story of a country in… Read more »

South Africa: On Your Marks, Get Set, Go! School Sports Is Essential for Body, Mind and Spirit

Thanks to the relaxation of the lockdown regulations, school sport is now allowed -- as long as there is no physical contact. Sport is the ideal opportunity to get rid of excess… Read more »

South Africa: All You Need to Know About SA's J&J Vaccine Roll-Out

Eighty-thousand Johnson & Johnson jabs will touch down at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday and be distributed to 16 sites across the country where healthcare workers… Read more »

South Africa: Healthcare Campaign - Shonisani Lethole's 'Preventable' Death At Tembisa Hospital Not an Isolated Case

The 'avoidable and preventable' death of the young entrepreneur who suffered 'appalling' treatment at the hospital is not an isolated case. The tragedy is being used to galvanise… Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 3rd Wave Is Coming. These Are the Lessons We've Learnt That Hospitals Must Apply

Being prepared for the third Covid-19 wave hitting us is crucial. While getting a vaccine is a matter of national and international concern, there are small, low-cost high-impact… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Reassesses Its Vaccine Strategy - What You Need to Know

After clinical trial data showed that one of the most readily available vaccines, the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, did not work well against the 501Y.V2 mutation of the coronavirus,… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Switches to J&J's 'Silver Bullet' As Astrazeneca Vaccine Falters

The roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine to South Africa's health workers has been temporarily halted following results showing low efficacy against the South African variant of the… Read more »

South Africa: Govt Faces Serious Setback in Its Astrazeneca Vaccination Campaign

Last week one million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in South Africa to much fanfare and triggered a wave of hope that the country's stalled Covid-19 vaccination… Read more »

South Africa: Migrants in SA Fear Being Excluded From the Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign

Undocumented immigrants have in the past experienced what they describe as 'medical xenophobia' - and they say it's in the best interests of South Africa that they are also… Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccination Is the Social Justice Challenge of Our Time

The first Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in South Africa amid much fanfare - drowning out the voices of those asking why we are paying double for them in the first place, and why… Read more »

South Africa: Numsa Cries Foul As Greyhound, Citiliner Bus Services Hit the Covid-19 Wall

Greyhound bus service has blamed its closure on the impact of Covid-19 and travel restrictions. But the company appears to have suffered operating losses for years. Read more »

Africa: As Africa Unites to Fight Covid-19 Pandemic, We Pin Our Hopes On AU Peace Fund to Silence the Guns

African countries agree that the most important public health measure to prevent Covid-19 is the roll-out of vaccines. Also key is that they are rolled out in a fair and equitable… Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine - National Treasury Clarifies Its Position On Indemnification of Pharmaceutical Companies

In response to allegations that it is holding up the signing of vaccine contracts because they typically include the indemnification of pharmaceutical companies, National Treasury… Read more »

South Africa: Rugby Suffers Most Under Covid-19's Stringent Conditions

By its very nature, rugby is a gladiatorial sport and the lack of fans and atmosphere, coupled with the sapping high-summer conditions, has robbed the contests of their soul. Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 - Unemployment Destroying Hinges On the 'Doorway to the Karoo'

Touws River, a small town along the N1 in the Western Cape, has been devastated by the economic effects of Covid-19, with more and more residents relying on soup kitchens to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'Zimbabwe Doesn't Have the Resources to Fight Covid-19'

Zimbabwe reported a 65% decline in positive Covid-19 cases over 72 hours. A closer inspection reveals that testing dropped by 59% over the same period amid the extension of a hard… Read more »

South Africa: Fear of the Dead - How the Govt Got It Wrong On Covid-19 Burials

Over the past year, many families - especially in rural areas - have been denied the chance to view the bodies of their loved ones, which have been wrapped in multiple layers of… Read more »

South Africa: The Virus's Gambit - the Vaccine Response

For perhaps a month, we had the naivete to think that with the high vaccine efficacy of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, we were ahead of this virus. Sitting pretty, so to… Read more »

South Africa: Tourism Equity Fund - a Blunt, Racially Exclusive and One-Dimensional BEE Ownership Instrument

The R1.2-billion Tourism Equity Fund launched by government in January 2021 is, in principle, to be welcomed - but it is unlikely to meet the objective of broad-based… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa - Beaches and Booze Are Back As First Batch of Vaccines Arrives

For the first time in a while, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday sounded a cautiously celebratory note in his address to the nation. The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine has… Read more »

South Africa: The Majority of Excess Deaths in South Africa Are Due to Covid-19

Lockdown restrictions are not responsible for the massive increase in mortality. Read more »

South Africa: Our Inability to Act Collectively When Things Fall Apart Is Covid-19's Scariest Lesson

What if the next global crisis is faster moving than Covid-19, and there simply isn't time for political dramas and court challenges? If we can't agree on what to do, now, how will… Read more »