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1 Mar 2021 | 'People are left with the bare bones' as food, fuel and electricity price hikes bite
Cash-strapped consumers face tough times as food prices increase, petrol prices rise and a looming hike in the cost of electricity is on the cards. M...
1 Mar 2021 | Depression, anxiety increased among South Africans
The council has conducted a number of major population representation surveys to determine the social and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemi...
1 Mar 2021 | Fake news hurting vaccination roll-out: Nzimande
Speaking during a virtual conference aimed at dispelling myths about vaccines and coronavirus variants earlier this week, Nzimande said the discussion...
26 Feb 2021 | Research on GBV: HSRC & DSI briefing
The Committee met virtually with the Department and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to receive a briefing on the research survey into gende...
25 Feb 2021 | Ground Zero: Deep-seated colonial-era prejudice fuelled the pandemic in rural Eastern Cape
By Leslie Bank To understand the lethal shock of the second Covid-19 wave in the rural Eastern Cape, it is important to place events there in the con...
24 Feb 2021 | Department of Health says Covid-19 antibody survey is legitimate
Residents of Khayelitsha chased Epicentre Health Research field workers away, saying they didn’t know what the research was about. Cape Town - T...
24 Feb 2021 | Investment in research, development declines
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has welcomed the roll out of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine by government, which it says highlights ...
24 Feb 2021 | Politics plays pivotal role in how public buys into the Covid-19 vaccine
There is a strong relationship between politics and willingness to accept the Covid-19 vaccine. This is the evidence presented in a study released on...
24 Feb 2021 | SA HAS PLACED 'LARGE ORDERS' OF VACCINES WITH PFIZER, J&J - MKHIZE
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that the government was also looking at procuring Russia’s Sputnik vaccine and the Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm...
24 Feb 2021 | Second batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in South Africa this week: Mkhize
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that the next batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will arrive in the country this weekend, taking the total d...