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6 Apr 2021 | SA negotiating for Sputnik, Sinovac, Sinopharm vaccines - Mkhize
As the things come firmly together in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has the least of the worries wit...
6 Apr 2021 | School, Foundation honour Uyinene's legacy
Kingswood College recently week hosted the inaugural Uyinene Mrwetyana Commemorative Lecture in partnership with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation. The...
1 Apr 2021 | How teaching strategies affect learner performance
Learners whose teachers linked new lessons to prior knowledge achieve significantly better results in maths and science, according to the 2019 Trends ...
30 Mar 2021 | 78% of South Africans will sacrifice select human rights to fight Covid - survey
Research director at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Dr Benjamin Roberts talks to Lester Kiewit on The Midday Report about the latest surve...
30 Mar 2021 | DUT harm-reduction programme recognised for bold response to pandemic
The initiative was so successful that the eThekwini Municipality has awarded one of its buildings, Bellhaven Memorial in Greyville, for the purposes o...
30 Mar 2021 | Op-ed: Global Covid-19 vaccine race shows why South Africa must prioritize our own research and development
Faced with inadequate access to essential treatments, South Africa must prioritise health research and development. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown ho...
30 Mar 2021 | Screening through Chest X-Rays a more accurate diagnostic tool for scores of untreated South African TB patients
The recent TB survey was conducted between 2017 and 2018 by the South African Medical Research Council, Human Sciences Research Council and the Nation...
30 Mar 2021 | Survey: ANC, EFF supporters more willing to sacrifice rights during Covid-19
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have revealed the findings of a survey on the impressions of South ...
29 Mar 2021 | Health boost: New TB testing strategy improves diagnosis in clinics by 17%
Though estimates vary and are relatively uncertain, in the region of 360,000 to 390,000 people in South Africa fall ill with tuberculosis (TB) every y...
29 Mar 2021 | South Africa: Can Social Housing Help South Africa Overcome Its Legacy of Apartheid?
South African cities are among the most unequal and segregated in the world. In an effort to address chronic housing shortages, the government has del...