Covid-19

People flock to Nelson Mandela Bay’s pop-up vaccine sites

“I can proudly say that all of us in the family of four have taken the vaccine,” says Gqeberha resident

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Brief | 23 August 2021

Health department takes vaccination drive to taxi rank

To boost its vaccination numbers KZN is trying various initiatives including drive-through vaccine sites

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News | 23 August 2021

Joburg’s informal traders call for police to stop confiscating their goods

Traders pay between R1,600 and R3,000 to retrieve their stock

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News | 20 August 2021

How hesitant are South Africans about getting vaccinated?

Large surveys offer different views on vaccine acceptance

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Analysis | 20 August 2021

R350-a-month Covid grant is too low, say speakers at Women on Farms meeting

“If I could, I would rather work”

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News | 19 August 2021

How to boost the Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Government has got a few things right, but there’s so much more it can still do

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Opinion | 18 August 2021

Elderly people in rural Makana struggle to get to vaccine sites

People are paying R60 for transport to Covid vaccination sites in Makhanda, and that’s just for the first jab

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News | 18 August 2021

Gauteng government takes vaccination drive to informal settlements

And Saaberie Chishty Society helps get people vaccinated outside their homes

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News | 18 August 2021

Teachers demand KZN education department pay them, fill vacant posts

SADTU: “As we speak more than 1,203 substitute teachers have either not been paid or told not to come back to school”

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Brief | 18 August 2021

Homeless man creates unique lampshades from recycled material

Ziggy Goredema lost his job and home at the start of lockdown and began making and selling the hanging lampshades

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News | 17 August 2021

Durban parents demand schools close after learner dies of Covid

Protest follows death of 12-year-old Kaitlyn Pillay. Education expert warns of “dire” cost to children of closing schools.

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News | 17 August 2021

Deaths from Covid-19 are more than double the official count

Researchers have suggested how government can help fix the numbers

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Science | 12 August 2021

Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year

Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping

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News | 11 August 2021

Covid-19: A glimpse behind the scenes at Groote Schuur Hospital

Doctors describe innovation, adaptation - and despair

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News | 11 August 2021

“We don’t want handouts. We want land”

Western Cape farm workers picket outside parliament

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Brief | 11 August 2021

Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Those who dispute that the Covid vaccines used in South Africa are safe and effective are just wrong

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Opinion | 10 August 2021