Media and COVID-19


8 Sep 2020 | Covid-19 increasing income related poor health by six times new research finds

RESEARCHERS from the Human Sciences Research Council and Wits University have found that income-related poor health in South Africa was six times wors...

8 Sep 2020 | Covid-19: Economic density is the problem - Prof Turok on OFM

The number of people infected by the coronavirus is linked to the density of urban living. South Africa’s townships and informal settlements are...

7 Sep 2020 | Dr Nelly Sharpley on NEWSROOM AFRICA

Burial Practices & Culture- Study explores how cultural expectations can be met under strict lockdown restrictions To listen to the interview cli...

7 Sep 2020 | Prof Priscilla Reddy on Newsroom Africa

Findings of a National survey on the impact of Covid-19 on South African Health Workers To listen to the interview click on the link below:...

4 Sep 2020 | SAFM podcast with Professor Turok and Mark Misselhorn

Please find below the link to the SAFM podcast with Professor Turok and Mark Misselhorn on 2 September 2020. ...

3 Sep 2020 | Women integral to FoodForward SA's approach to food security and distribution

Women account for two-thirds of the total job losses in South Africa, between February and April this year. According to the Coronavirus Rapid Mobile ...

31 Aug 2020 | Civil society watch, 31 August - 4 September

As Monday, 31 August, marks the last day of Women’s Month, the Gender Justice and Human Development programme (Durban University of Technology) ...

31 Aug 2020 | Lack of economic density is the problem, rather than high population density

The number of people infected by the coronavirus is linked to the density of urban living. South Africa’s townships and informal settlements are...

31 Aug 2020 | FoodForward SA highlights integral role of women in food security, distribution

What makes this even more worrying is that in 2019, research conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the South African Race Relati...

27 Aug 2020 | Minister Blade Nzimande to open policy forum on state of innovation in South Africa

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande will this week deliver the keynote address at a policy forum on the state of innov...