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South Africa: Class of 2021 Went Through Two Years of Disruption Due to Covid-19
SAnews.gov.za, 18 January 2022
The Class of 2021 was the first Grade 12 cohort to experience the harsh realities of the pandemic for two consecutive years, Umalusi said on Tuesday. Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 - How South Africa Differs From the Rest of the Continent
GroundUp, 19 January 2022
Among African states, South Africa is often singled out as the mysterious exception because, according to official estimates, we have fared much worse through the Covid-19 pandemic… Read more »
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South Africa: Questions Over Implementation of SA's New Infection Control Plan
spotlight, 11 January 2022
Whether it is in the queue outside a community healthcare clinic, in a GP's waiting room, or in the ICU at a private sector hospital, healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) pose a… Read more »
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South Africa: Western Cape Study Shows Why Omicron Wave Caused Less Death
GroundUp, 14 January 2022
High rates of vaccination, past infections and the variant itself helped suppress deaths and hospitalisations Read more »
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South Africa: Gauteng Exits Covid-19 Fourth Wave, New Infections Continue Decline
SAnews.gov.za, 14 January 2022
The Gauteng province has officially exited the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with the rest of South Africa's provinces already having reached their peak and on a steady… Read more »
South African Class of 2021 Bears Brunt of Covid-19 Pandemic
Speaking during a media briefing, Umalusi CEO, Mafu Rakometsi, has said that the Class of 2021 was the first Grade 12 cohort to experience the harsh realities of the Covid-19 pandemic for two consecutive years. The Class, therefore, needed more academic support compared to their predecessors.
Rakometsi's comments support data provided by a National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (Nids-Cram) conducted in July 2021 which found that the pupil dropout rate in the country tripled to about 750 000 throughout the pandemic - the highest in 20 years. The study was carried out by 30 researchers, across six local universities, as well as by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Department of Education.
As of January 19, 2022, Covid-19 cases across the country total 3,564,578 of which 93,551 proved fatal and 3,380,374 resulted in recovery while 19,257,383 vaccinations have been administered to date.
InFocus
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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In the final days of 2021, the South African government eased its Covid-19 regulations. On December 30th, the government scrapped a curfew that had been in place since March 2020. ... Read more »
