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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

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

2 Feb 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image:

Curfew, booze, beach ban eased

2 Feb 2021

A health worker treats a patient at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Rural SA nurses fear being forgotten in vaccine roll-out

Kim Harrisberg 2 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

Bonitas 2 Feb 2021

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

Ruth Cooper 1 Feb 2021

SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

UPDATE: First batch of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in SA

1 Feb 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

Tariro Washinyira 29 Jan 2021

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

28 Jan 2021

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

28 Jan 2021

Image: Taj Pharma

Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

28 Jan 2021

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

ACDOCO SA 28 Jan 2021

Alcohol industry deserves justification for continued ban - Salba

27 Jan 2021

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

27 Jan 2021

Professor Marc Mendelson

Third wave is on its way, if rapid vaccine roll out falters

26 Jan 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Cingulate 26 Jan 2021

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

25 Jan 2021

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

25 Jan 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. Shutterstock

Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021

Hand hygiene is important to fight Covid-19 but how can you do that without water. Shutterstock

Covid-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern African scientists

Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Jason Whyte 19 Jan 2021

How Covid-19 will affect sponsorships in the entertainment industry

How Covid-19 will affect sponsorships in the entertainment industry

Bandile Mngoma 19 Jan 2021

Leading scientists speculate that vaccines will help us get to a point where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, will be just another common cold. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Will vaccines eradicate SARS-CoV-2?

James Stent 18 Jan 2021

Liquor Traders Formation requests urgent meeting with Ramaphosa

Liquor Traders Formation requests urgent meeting with Ramaphosa

18 Jan 2021

How to build a travel bucket list in the age of Covid-19

How to build a travel bucket list in the age of Covid-19

18 Jan 2021

South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize (centre). The government has been criticised for not having an actionable plan on vaccines. Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South Africa failed to get its act together on vaccines: here's how

Shabir A Madhi 18 Jan 2021

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SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

UPDATE: First batch of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in SA

1 Feb 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

Tariro Washinyira 29 Jan 2021

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

28 Jan 2021

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

28 Jan 2021

Image: Taj Pharma

Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

28 Jan 2021

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

ACDOCO SA 28 Jan 2021

Alcohol industry deserves justification for continued ban - Salba

27 Jan 2021

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

27 Jan 2021

Professor Marc Mendelson

Third wave is on its way, if rapid vaccine roll out falters

26 Jan 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Cingulate 26 Jan 2021

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

25 Jan 2021

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

25 Jan 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. Shutterstock

Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021

Hand hygiene is important to fight Covid-19 but how can you do that without water. Shutterstock

Covid-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern African scientists

Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Jason Whyte 19 Jan 2021

How Covid-19 will affect sponsorships in the entertainment industry

How Covid-19 will affect sponsorships in the entertainment industry

Bandile Mngoma 19 Jan 2021

Leading scientists speculate that vaccines will help us get to a point where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, will be just another common cold. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Will vaccines eradicate SARS-CoV-2?

James Stent 18 Jan 2021

Liquor Traders Formation requests urgent meeting with Ramaphosa

Liquor Traders Formation requests urgent meeting with Ramaphosa

18 Jan 2021

How to build a travel bucket list in the age of Covid-19

How to build a travel bucket list in the age of Covid-19

18 Jan 2021

South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize (centre). The government has been criticised for not having an actionable plan on vaccines. Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South Africa failed to get its act together on vaccines: here's how

Shabir A Madhi 18 Jan 2021

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 1

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 1

Jason Whyte 15 Jan 2021

Mzwandile Nzimande aka DJ1D dies after testing positive for Covid-19

Mzwandile Nzimande aka DJ1D dies after testing positive for Covid-19

15 Jan 2021

Medicines are only approved for use by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority when there is sufficient evidence that their benefits outweigh their risks.

Ivermectin and Covid-19: Why it's promising but why we need to be cautious

Rufaro Samanga 15 Jan 2021

Nurses in the isolation unit at Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape. Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Making a hospital space feel psychologically safer helped South African health workers

Hamieda Parker 15 Jan 2021

How Covid-19 has forced businesses to re-evaluate cleaning regimes, waste management

How Covid-19 has forced businesses to re-evaluate cleaning regimes, waste management

14 Jan 2021

This graph published by the MRC shows how much worse the second Covid-19 surge is than the first one that peaked in July.

Record number of South Africans died in first week of 2021

James Stent and Nathan Geffen 14 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Covid and the evolution of loungewear

#BizTrends2021: Covid and the evolution of loungewear

Nicola Cooper 13 Jan 2021

Muizenberg beach is eerily quiet on a hot summer’s day, 29 December 2020. If we want to save lives and life to go back to normal we need to embrace vaccines.

Here's how to fight anti-vaccine propaganda

GroundUp Editors 13 Jan 2021

Alcohol industry seeks deferment of excise duties until sales ban lifts

Alcohol industry seeks deferment of excise duties until sales ban lifts

12 Jan 2021

MTN rewards users with 1GB of data for downloading Covid-19 Alert app

MTN rewards users with 1GB of data for downloading Covid-19 Alert app

12 Jan 2021

OxERA oxygen supply device

Innovation bridges oxygen supply gap for Covid-19 patients

12 Jan 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa

SA to remain on Adjusted Alert Level 3 for another month

12 Jan 2021

Big Concerts, The Entertainment Group partner with Health Passport Europe in aim to safely reopen SA's events industry

Big Concerts, The Entertainment Group partner with Health Passport Europe in aim to safely reopen SA's events industry

11 Jan 2021

A market place in Ghana’s capital Accra. Developing countries like Ghana risk being left behind in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Dummy's guide to how trade rules affect access to Covid-19 vaccines

Caroline Southey 11 Jan 2021

Covid-19 conspiracy theorists burn and destroy 5G towers in KZN

Covid-19 conspiracy theorists burn and destroy 5G towers in KZN

8 Jan 2021

Extended alcohol ban pushes craft brewers to the brink of closure

Extended alcohol ban pushes craft brewers to the brink of closure

8 Jan 2021