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Fauci faces scrutiny: Denies cover-up on Covid-19 origin

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No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Professor Alex van den Heever, chair, Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wits School of Governance.

The South African health system after Covid-19

Alex van den Heever 7 Jan 2021

SAB to challenge third alcohol ban in court

SAB to challenge third alcohol ban in court

7 Jan 2021

Liquor traders, taverners plead for off-premise sales

Liquor traders, taverners plead for off-premise sales

6 Jan 2021

Richard dos Santos

#BizTrends2021: 2021 holds supply chain profession's greatest endeavour ever

Richard dos Santos 6 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Advertising and Covid-19

#BizTrends2021: Advertising and Covid-19

Sibusiso Sitole 6 Jan 2021

There are at least three Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved by reputable health regulatory organisations around the world and many countries have begun rolling out vaccines, but not South Africa. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

GroundUp staff 5 Jan 2021

Baba Tjeko, Lauren Colin Mitchell's 'wet paint' social distance benches donated to the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

Baba Tjeko, Lauren Colin Mitchell's 'wet paint' social distance benches donated to the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

4 Jan 2021

SA hospitality, tourism industry calls on government to fast track vaccine deployment

4 Jan 2021

Ports of entry ready for travellers returning to SA

Ports of entry ready for travellers returning to SA

4 Jan 2021

Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Mkhize's wishlist: Covid-19 vaccine rollout in February

4 Jan 2021

KKNK postpones 2021 festival in light of Covid-19

KKNK postpones 2021 festival in light of Covid-19

4 Jan 2021

SA records highest daily record with 17,710 Covid-19 cases

SA records highest daily record with 17,710 Covid-19 cases

31 Dec 2020

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

31 Dec 2020

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

30 Dec 2020

Command council details move to adjusted Level 3 lockdown

Command council details move to adjusted Level 3 lockdown

29 Dec 2020

Airlink adjusts flight schedule to comply with Level 3 curfew

Airlink adjusts flight schedule to comply with Level 3 curfew

29 Dec 2020

SA moves to Level 3 of lockdown

SA moves to Level 3 of lockdown

29 Dec 2020

SA breaches one million Covid-19 cases mark

SA breaches one million Covid-19 cases mark

28 Dec 2020

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

28 Dec 2020

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

24 Dec 2020

TBCSA clarifies how the new curfew affects air travellers

24 Dec 2020

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

23 Dec 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: 'Covidiots' take note...

#OrchidsandOnions: 'Covidiots' take note...

Brendan Seery 22 Dec 2020

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

John Davenport, Havas Johannesburg 22 Dec 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

18 Dec 2020

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

Govt introduces tighter restrictions on alcohol sales

Govt introduces tighter restrictions on alcohol sales

15 Dec 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Salim Abdool Karim wins 2020 John Maddox Prize for Covid-19 work

15 Dec 2020

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan 15 Dec 2020

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Liquor traders, taverners plead for off-premise sales

Liquor traders, taverners plead for off-premise sales

6 Jan 2021

Richard dos Santos

#BizTrends2021: 2021 holds supply chain profession's greatest endeavour ever

Richard dos Santos 6 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Advertising and Covid-19

#BizTrends2021: Advertising and Covid-19

Sibusiso Sitole 6 Jan 2021

There are at least three Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved by reputable health regulatory organisations around the world and many countries have begun rolling out vaccines, but not South Africa. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

GroundUp staff 5 Jan 2021

Baba Tjeko, Lauren Colin Mitchell's 'wet paint' social distance benches donated to the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

Baba Tjeko, Lauren Colin Mitchell's 'wet paint' social distance benches donated to the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

4 Jan 2021

SA hospitality, tourism industry calls on government to fast track vaccine deployment

4 Jan 2021

Ports of entry ready for travellers returning to SA

Ports of entry ready for travellers returning to SA

4 Jan 2021

Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Mkhize's wishlist: Covid-19 vaccine rollout in February

4 Jan 2021

KKNK postpones 2021 festival in light of Covid-19

KKNK postpones 2021 festival in light of Covid-19

4 Jan 2021

SA records highest daily record with 17,710 Covid-19 cases

SA records highest daily record with 17,710 Covid-19 cases

31 Dec 2020

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

Fighting HIV and Aids in times of Covid-19

31 Dec 2020

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

30 Dec 2020

Command council details move to adjusted Level 3 lockdown

Command council details move to adjusted Level 3 lockdown

29 Dec 2020

Airlink adjusts flight schedule to comply with Level 3 curfew

Airlink adjusts flight schedule to comply with Level 3 curfew

29 Dec 2020

SA moves to Level 3 of lockdown

SA moves to Level 3 of lockdown

29 Dec 2020

SA breaches one million Covid-19 cases mark

SA breaches one million Covid-19 cases mark

28 Dec 2020

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

28 Dec 2020

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

24 Dec 2020

TBCSA clarifies how the new curfew affects air travellers

24 Dec 2020

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

23 Dec 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: 'Covidiots' take note...

#OrchidsandOnions: 'Covidiots' take note...

Brendan Seery 22 Dec 2020

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

John Davenport, Havas Johannesburg 22 Dec 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

Covid-19 pandemic: How UbuntuCare is helping women in impoverished areas earn an income

18 Dec 2020

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

Govt introduces tighter restrictions on alcohol sales

Govt introduces tighter restrictions on alcohol sales

15 Dec 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Salim Abdool Karim wins 2020 John Maddox Prize for Covid-19 work

15 Dec 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image SAnews.gov.za

Level 1 Covid-19 restrictions expanded over festive season

15 Dec 2020

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan 15 Dec 2020

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Daikin 14 Dec 2020

City of Cape Town to limit visitor numbers at its nature reserves' picnic, braai spots

City of Cape Town to limit visitor numbers at its nature reserves' picnic, braai spots

11 Dec 2020

SA alcohol industry pulls brand support for festive season events

11 Dec 2020

A graphic of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Image by Hanna Vega Yinon M Bar-On, Avi Flamholz, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo via Wikimedia, published in Cell Biology by the Numbers (CC BY-SA 4.0)

#Covid19: Blood tests to be conducted on 19,000 people in nine provinces

James Stent 11 Dec 2020

Irina via Pexels

Cigarette market normalised, but not the same as before ban - study

11 Dec 2020

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services 11 Dec 2020

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

10 Dec 2020

Health digitises Covid-19 screening at ports

10 Dec 2020

Health minister Zweli Mkhize

Second wave hits SA

10 Dec 2020

Working from home: a double-edged sword?

Working from home: a double-edged sword?

Auguste Coetzer, People Power Placements 10 Dec 2020