Media and COVID-19
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...
24 Feb 2021 | SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION CLUSTER - DEBATE ON MATTER OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE - Rollout of a Covid-19 Vaccination Plan
A well designed study by the Human Science Research Council showed that 67% of our citizens would either definitely take the vaccine or would probably...
24 Feb 2021 | South Africa recovered 2 million jobs lost during lockdown - but there's a catch
South Africa’s job market has staged a significant recovery, according to the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (N...
23 Feb 2021 | Concerns about declining investment in Research & Development: Dr Glenda Kruss
The South African scientific medical fraternity has not only been highly regarded for some time, but has been recently praised internationally for the...
18 Feb 2021 | 'Black Africans more likely to be willing to accept a vaccine than white people,' new survey reveals
Black South Africans who don't have matric are seemingly more willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine than white and better-educated people. That is acc...