Covid-19
Court slams City of Cape Town for barring access to homeless camp
Judge Desai found that South African Human Rights Commission monitors trying to enter the site were acting lawfully
By James Stent
Law | 17 March 2021
This is how South Africa’s vaccination programme works. But is the system able to scale up?
Getting vaccinated “is the best thing you can do for yourself” says Groote Schuur nurse
By Elsabé Brits and Nathan Geffen
News | 17 March 2021
Leading research institute says there should be no new trials of hydroxychloroquine for Covid
The drug has failed to prevent or treat the disease, and it has lots of side-effects
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 12 March 2021
Eastern Cape’s health workers have been betrayed by Covid-19 corruption
Part two of a two-part series on how corruption is killing people in the province’s health system
By Daneel Knoetze and Steve Kretzmann
Feature | 11 March 2021
Over 5,000 Eastern Cape health workers will be without jobs at the end of this month
The provincial health department says it has run out of funds and cannot renew the contracts
News | 11 March 2021
Grimy, broken-down, neglected: can this be the Eastern Cape’s flagship hospital?
Part one of a two-part series on how corruption is killing people in the province’s health system
By Steve Kretzmann and Daneel Knoetze
Feature | 10 March 2021
Cape Town’s sewers offer clues to next Covid-19 wave
Waste treatment plants across the city are being monitored weekly
Science | 10 March 2021
Bus drivers march to Department of Labour
Algoa Bus Company employees demand TERS money
Brief | 9 March 2021
Ivermectin study boosts regulator’s court defence
The first substantial peer-reviewed clinical trial of the drug against Covid-19 finds no evidence that it is a wonder medicine
By Elsabé Brits
Science | 8 March 2021