Sahpra slow to release Pfizer vaccine documents

The committee set up to determine whether the health regulator, Sahpra had acted lawfully when it approved children being vaccinated

11 February 2022 No Comments

WHO: Vaccines can bring world out of pandemic in 2022

The World Health Organisation’s Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus anticipates that the intense phase of the Covid-19 pandemic will end

11 February 2022 No Comments

Denmark scraps its domestic Covid-19 restrictions

Denmark has lifted all its domestic Covid-19 restrictions. Epidemiologist based at the University of Roskilde Lone Simonsen says the European

1 February 2022 No Comments

Blanket enforcement of Covid-19 vaccination at UFS challenged

Trade union Solidarity heads to court this Thursday to challenge the University of the Free State (UFS) over its planned

27 January 2022 No Comments

Groote Schuur Hospital Working On Operation Backlog

More than 10 000 operations could not have been carried out at Groote Schuur Hospital over the past two years

26 January 2022 No Comments

Woman loses job for saying no to Covid-19 vaccine

A woman has been left unemployed after refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration

26 January 2022 No Comments

Consumer values & priorities changed in Covid-19

It’s expected that businesses could get a spring in their step this year as a number of Covid-19 restrictions have

25 January 2022 No Comments

Student union opposed to forced vaccination

A showdown may be looming over forced vaccination for Covid-19 at universities. The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has

11 January 2022 No Comments

SA Covid-19 curfew ends

After nearly two years the public can again be on the move at any hour as the Covid-19 curfew has

31 December 2021 No Comments

SAMA Supports Government’s Revised Quarantine Protocols

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has thrown its weight behind the government’s revised contact tracing, quarantine, isolation protocols. According

26 December 2021 No Comments

WC hospitals see 1 170 road-related incidents

The Western Cape’s hospitals have already been inundated with road-related incidents this month. Chief of Operations at the province’s Department

24 December 2021 No Comments

Drive to halt Covid-19 trial vaccines for kids goes to ConCourt

Citizens concerned about the administering of the Covid-19 vaccines to children have now turned to the highest court in the

24 December 2021 No Comments

Covid-19 tests becoming cheaper

The price of rapid Covid-19 tests has decreased. The Competition Commission investigated the high price of these tests after a

23 December 2021 No Comments

Covid-19: HIV treatment battle repeated

The struggle for cheap and easy access to HIV treatment has been repeated with the Covid-19 pandemic. This criticism from

22 December 2021 No Comments

Big pharma’s monopoly in the Covid-19 pandemic

Access to preventative medication comes with several conditions, most often left in the hands of multinational pharmaceutical companies; all in

22 December 2021 No Comments

How accurate are PCR tests and do we really understand Covid-19?

The validity of Covid-19 tests has been brought into question with allegations that the qualitative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method

21 December 2021 No Comments

Covid-19 Booster Meets Public Resistance

Concern is being raised about the call for booster shots to be administered amidst the spread of the Omicron variant.

14 December 2021 No Comments

OUTA: Levies Making up Most of Fuel Price

The levies added to South Africa’s fuel price, is causing sky-rocketing increases, which must be addressed. This is the warning

13 December 2021 No Comments

4th Wave’s Curve Scrutinised by Scientists

The Covid-19 variants are changing sufficiently for people to be reinfected. Deputy Director-General for the Health Department, Dr Nicholas Crisp,