Articles for GroundUp Staff

Anti-vaxxers are making a false claim about the first vaccine dose. We debunk it

Contrary to what misinformers claim, the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine does give you protection against Covid, and a second dose gives even more

Video: How do we know vaccines work?

And how do we know some medicines don’t?

Covid-19: a promising new treatment, a failed treatment, new evidence on masks and the push for compulsory vaccination

Over 4 million vaccines administered, as rollout goes full steam ahead

Evidence accumulates that Covid-19 vaccines are saving lives across the planet

Alcohol bans reduced deaths, study finds

UCT and MRC researchers found that dozens of deaths a day were averted by restrictions

Hamba Kahle Wara Fana

Covid-19 in South Africa: 150,000 excess deaths in one year

Excess deaths decline for first time since November

Mortality still near record high but it looks like we are turning the corner

Covid-19 and vaccines: Questions and answers

Updated 15 April 2021

Over 100,000 South Africans have probably died of Covid-19

Latest MRC report shows over 16,000 excess deaths in week ending 16 January

Extend disability grants, Black Sash tells SASSA as queues shock country

SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs

Covid-19: Our grimmest day yet

Minister reports 844 confirmed deaths. MRC reports worst week yet.

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

Thousands sign letter calling for Department of Health to act urgently

2020 in pictures: a year of living dangerously

Covid-19, evictions, fires and an elephant: GroundUp’s photos of the year

Late judgments: Is the Cape High Court doing better?

Something troubling has shaken our confidence in the data

After the drought: Cape Town’s gushing water

Berg River’s sluice open, as dams fill up