Opinion and Analysis
Silence on far-reaching changes in housing delivery during SONA
Government is shifting to a site-and-service model rather than building houses
By Querida Saal
Opinion | 17 February 2022
Has the national government abandoned vaccination?
Vaccine uptake has dropped dramatically and there appears to be no push from the President or the national health department to change this
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 16 February 2022
POPI Act: confessions of a convert
This new law will ensure that information about us is kept where it belongs but it is being widely misinterpreted
By Jacques Louw
Opinion | 28 January 2022
Health policy has become a confused mess
The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies
Opinion | 29 December 2021
We should not let people suffer and die alone in hospital
Restrictive hospital visitor policies don’t make sense anymore
Opinion | 14 December 2021
An optimal vaccine strategy for middle-income countries
A mixture of Chinese-manufactured vaccines and mRNA booster may be the way to go
Analysis | 13 December 2021
Ventilation is key to controlling Covid
We need a national project to improve the air we breathe in buildings and vehicles
By Gareth Kantor, Norman Khoza, Sean Chester and Garth Hunter
Opinion | 10 December 2021
Booster vaccines must be offered to older people immediately
The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.
By Leon Geffen and Gabrielle Kelly
Opinion | 9 December 2021
Drugs are not the problem. The way we think about them is
We need to solve the social issues that make drug use a solution
By Shaun Shelly
Opinion | 7 December 2021