Articles for Nicoli Nattrass

Tariffs: Trump is punishing poor countries which export more to the US than they import

People in developing countries will lose jobs and poverty will rise

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Opinion | 3 April 2025

Has the national government abandoned vaccination?

Vaccine uptake has dropped dramatically and there appears to be no push from the President or the national health department to change this

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Analysis | 16 February 2022

Vaccine rollout: the government has made three mistakes

As a result, we have at least 13 million unused vaccines

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Analysis | 6 December 2021

Covid-19 vaccines: Current challenge is not supply but using the available vaccines

The government’s plan requires vaccinating one million people per week, but it has only fully vaccinated 1.4 million people in nine weeks.

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Analysis | 22 July 2021

We shouldn’t shift vaccines away from the elderly

Less than 40% of people over 60 have been vaccinated

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Analysis | 30 June 2021

Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?

Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency

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Opinion | 17 June 2021

South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

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Analysis | 14 June 2021

Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed

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Analysis | 7 June 2021

South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost

The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.

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Analysis | 27 May 2021

How bending the rules is getting people vaccinated

A library comes to the rescue

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News | 26 May 2021