Covid-19

Covid-19: What it’s like being a nurse during a pandemic

“We kept getting patients who were already dead”

Video: Relief for care-home residents after being vaccinated

“I want to go to my favourite spot, Bloubergstrand, and just sit and look at the ocean, and look at Table Mountain from there. It’s the most wonderful sight in the world.”

Deafening silence from government on Covid-19 grant

Activist organisations battling to secure meetings

Mayor calls for army to end taxi strike

Protesters in Nelson Mandela Bay have forced the closure of clinics, schools, shopping centres and disrupted many other vital services

Covid vaccines: This hospital shows how it should be done

It has been handling walk-ins efficiently and politely, but you must be over 60

Schools urged to provide food parcels for learners

Children are missing meals on days they are not at school because of Covid-19 shifts

South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost

The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.

Elderly in rural Eastern Cape struggling to register for vaccines

No smartphones, poor connectivity and a lack of transport make registering impractical

Vaccines: it’s not so simple

Health department official replies to article in GroundUp

How bending the rules is getting people vaccinated

A library comes to the rescue

Taxi drivers bring Gqeberha to standstill over Covid-19 funds

“Most of us are unable to pay our bills” says protesting taxi driver

Why we need to vaccinate prisoners now

One week of Covid vaccines: What are we doing well? What can be done better?

An assessment of the rollout so far

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

The death rate was 48% compared to the global average of 32%

Covid funds for artists: Public Protector intervenes

“Artists are not seen as employees but as freelancers” says performer

How to vaccinate the world against Covid-19: Lessons from the AIDS response