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

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

The pandemic that stole Christmas

The pandemic that stole Christmas

imagineNATION Alliance 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

Ticketpro Dome introduces Hybrid Studio in light of Covid-19

Ticketpro Dome introduces Hybrid Studio in light of Covid-19

9 Dec 2020

SA exports locally-produced sanitisers for R1.66bn

SA exports locally-produced sanitisers for R1.66bn

9 Dec 2020

Baxter Theatre suspends all festive season performances as WC sees spike in Covid-19 cases

Baxter Theatre suspends all festive season performances as WC sees spike in Covid-19 cases

8 Dec 2020

Credit: Fernando Latorre via Pixabay

Liquor traders called to adhere to Covid-19 regulations

8 Dec 2020

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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

The pandemic that stole Christmas

The pandemic that stole Christmas

imagineNATION Alliance 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

Ticketpro Dome introduces Hybrid Studio in light of Covid-19

Ticketpro Dome introduces Hybrid Studio in light of Covid-19

9 Dec 2020

SA exports locally-produced sanitisers for R1.66bn

SA exports locally-produced sanitisers for R1.66bn

9 Dec 2020

Baxter Theatre suspends all festive season performances as WC sees spike in Covid-19 cases

Baxter Theatre suspends all festive season performances as WC sees spike in Covid-19 cases

8 Dec 2020

Professor Felicity Burt

SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

Eight months later, it’s unclear what the government’s strategy actually was when it imposed the strict lockdown. Shutterstock

Covid-19 in South Africa: A critical assessment of the first 90 days

Seán Mfundza Muller 8 Dec 2020

Credit: Fernando Latorre via Pixabay

Liquor traders called to adhere to Covid-19 regulations

8 Dec 2020

Surveys to find out how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 are underway. Free image via Pixabay

New surveys may shed light on SA's Covid epidemic

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic

Benjamin Kagina 2 Dec 2020

Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Battles won - and lost - against Aids hold valuable lessons for managing Covid-19

Linda-Gail Bekker 1 Dec 2020

The true impact of lockdowns on the world's economies

The true impact of lockdowns on the world's economies

Lucy Desai 30 Nov 2020

Zuneid Yousuf, CEO, African Green Resources

There may be a Covid-19 vaccine, but what about Africa?

Zuneid Yousuf 30 Nov 2020

Packaging during Covid-19 and beyond

Packaging during Covid-19 and beyond

Raymond Dube 30 Nov 2020

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

Informal traders must be included in policy decisions, says alliance

Informal traders must be included in policy decisions, says alliance

27 Nov 2020

Alcohol industry sponsors R30m worth of medical supplies in Eastern Cape

Alcohol industry sponsors R30m worth of medical supplies in Eastern Cape

26 Nov 2020

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