Covid-19

Health activists call for patent law reform

Patents prevent equal access to life-saving medicines, protesters say

Church calls on religious organisations to support vaccination

Grant beneficiaries are paying R100 of their R350 to jump the queue

“We are not forcing anyone to pay the money. We are creating jobs for ourselves”

Save the Children sounds the alarm over food crisis facing immigrant children

Letter to Department of Social Development still unanswered after more than a year

Covid-19 testing is too expensive and too difficult in South Africa

Our current approach is probably costing lives

Undocumented people can now get Covid vaccines - in some areas

Provincial pilot programmes are underway but details are vague

Labour Minister promises “mobile office” to rural Limpopo villages

People are sleeping outside offices to avoid long queues

Covid-19: Is it time to allow home-testing?

Some scientists argue it will reduce transmission, but the South African regulator is worried

If you’ve had Covid, should you get vaccinated?

Yes, the evidence shows vaccination reduces your risk of getting reinfected