Covid-19
CCMA upholds yet another “anti-vaxxer” dismissal
But commissioners awarded the worker compensation because his employer fired him on WhatsApp and without proper consultation
Law | 14 March 2022
What the latest blood donor survey shows about Covid
About 70% of people had already been infected before omicron hit
By Alex Welte
News | 16 February 2022
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
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 16 February 2022
Committee to decide on Pfizer vaccine for adolescents
This follows an appeal by vaccine sceptics against SAHPRA’s decision to approve this Covid vaccine for teenagers
Brief | 4 February 2022
Anti-vax employees can be suspended, says CCMA in second ruling
Commission finds employee’s defence “baseless and without any support, theological or scientific”
News | 31 January 2022
Dismissal of employee who refused to get vaccinated was fair, rules CCMA
Employee “refused to participate in the creation of a safe working environment”
News | 26 January 2022
Living with Covid - The pandemic has changed and so must our approach to it
How vaccination nudges our immune systems
Science | 26 January 2022
Eastern Cape health workers warn about staff shortages
2,700 contracts not being renewed by health department
News | 25 January 2022
Covid-19: How South Africa differs from the rest of the continent
Deaths have been massively underestimated in Africa
By Alex Welte, Nathan Geffen and James Stent
Science | 19 January 2022