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2 Aug 2021 | Here are six Covid-19 myths you can put to rest

The circulation of misinformation about the vaccines poses the danger of hampering efforts to control the pandemic.  SA’s Covid vaccine rol...

2 Aug 2021 | Reluctant to be vaccinated for Covid-19? Here are six myths you can put to rest

South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the Ministry of Health, had three phases, starting with the most vulnerable popul...

2 Aug 2021 | Reluctant to be vaccinated? Here are six myths you can put to rest

South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the Ministry of Health, had three phases, starting with the most vulnerable popul...

2 Aug 2021 | SPARROW REPORT AND UPDATE JULY 202

’An extra 500,000 children have dropped out of school during the pandemic, data from the latest National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobil...

30 Jul 2021 | Durban's homeless seek shelter

Life is tough for the thousands who sleep on the streets of KwaZulu-Natal’s major port city. While some organisations try to help, police and ho...

30 Jul 2021 | Granting freedom: The public demand for social protection

By Carin Runciman, Benjamin Roberts, Gary Pienaar, Yul Derek Davids, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Kate Alexander and Rofhatutshedzwa Ramaswiel While short-t...

30 Jul 2021 | Ramaphosa on vaccine charm offensive as study finds people believe prayer is effective against Covid-19

President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to visit vaccination sites on Thursday to encourage citizens to get the jab as a study found seven in 10 South Afric...

30 Jul 2021 | South Africa: Better Safe Than Sorry - SA Public Remains Sceptical About Schools Opening During the Pandemic

Schools reopened on 26 July 2021 with the expectation that all primary school learners are expected to go back to school daily from Monday 2 August 20...

30 Jul 2021 | Wasting urbanisations potential will leave us with cities of hungry, angry people

We need to take a much closer look at the cities we have crafted onto the festering carcass of apartheid urban life Urban experts such as Prof Ivan T...

29 Jul 2021 | Better safe than sorry - SA public remains sceptical about schools opening during the pandemic

Schools reopened on 26 July 2021 with the expectation that all primary school learners are expected to go back to school daily from Monday 2 August 20...