Media and COVID-19


10 Feb 2021 | Approval rate of Ramaphosa's handling of the pandemic linked to whether South Africans comply with regulations

By Stephen Rule, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Benjamin Roberts, Ngqapheli Mchunu and Samela Mtyingizane Is the president doing a ‘very good job’...

9 Feb 2021 | Health research councils warn of bogus Covid-19 researchers

Ramathuba said her department had been inundated with calls from concerned residents about some impostors going around communities drawing blood sampl...

8 Feb 2021 | The impact of COVID-19 on TB treatment

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our lives and our economy. On Friday, the TB prevalence survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Counc...

6 Feb 2021 | Coronavirus: South Africa conducts National COVID-19 Antibody Survey - Sean Jooste

Sean Jooste - Research Specialist – Human Science Research Council joins Kwena Moabelo. As South Africa finds itself starting to move out of the...

5 Feb 2021 | 80 000 more Covid vaccines set to arrive in SA on Saturday

The second batch of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive from Belgium in South Africa on Saturday. An SAA plane ...

5 Feb 2021 | Making sure it is possible with science, technology and innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic that has engulfed South Africa and the rest of the world for the past 10 months has highlighted the importance of investments by...

5 Feb 2021 | SOUTH AFRICA SHARES AMBITIONS OF DEVELOPING OWN COVID-19 VACCINE

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has engulfed South Africa and the rest of the world for the past 10 months has highlighted the importance of investments ...

4 Feb 2021 | Scientific research taking SA into the future

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has engulfed South Africa and the rest of the world for the past 10 months has highlighted the importance of investments ...

3 Feb 2021 | Plastic Bodies, Public Policy and Popular Anger in Rural South Africa

A study conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Walter Sisulu University (WSU) for the Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Co...

3 Feb 2021 | Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is safe and 92% effective - The Lancet

"A lot of people, us included, were sceptical," says Adam Gilchrist. "The Lancet is the number one medical journal in the world.” Russia's Sputn...