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15 May 2020 | Most citizens sticking to tobacco ban
A survey by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found 88 percent of people were not able to buy cigarettes.The council's Priscilla Reddy sa...
15 May 2020 | Public must develop safe death rites
A row broke out this week between the governments of the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape about the movement of people and bodies returning to their ...
14 May 2020 | COVID-19 Highlights South Africa's Need for Local Level Social Data
The COVID-19 pandemic is a fundamentally social and societal event. The virus spreads between people, and impacts individuals, households and communit...
14 May 2020 | Details scant as Ramaphosa announces tweaking of Level 4
President Cyril Ramaphosa, responding to a groundswell of criticism that has soured the national mood as South Africa hits almost 50 days of lockdown,...
14 May 2020 | Dr Saahier Parker on Channel Islam International
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14 May 2020 | Dr Saahier Parker on Radio Lotus
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14 May 2020 | Four minutes - that is how long it took to find banned cigarettes
Four minutes and 28 seconds. That is how long it took a News24 investigation to find cigarettes – meant to be banned under level 4 lockdown regu...
14 May 2020 | Making sure lifestyle diseases are under control during COVID-19
As the number of Covid-19 infections moves over 10 000, the health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has expressed concern about the huge risk group of South...
14 May 2020 | Professor Moshabela on SABC Channel 404
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14 May 2020 | The hidden struggle: The mental health effects of the Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa
By Mark Orkin, Benjamin Roberts, Narnia Bohler-Muller & Kate AlexanderIn the recent large-scale Covid-19 democracy survey conducted jointly by the...