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Baragwanath Hospital professor appeals to South Africans to stay at home as Covid-19 death toll rises

With South Africa’s hospitals and clinics now experiencing a second wave of Covid-19 infections, experts urge citizens to stay home.
Covid-19 vaccine vial

Here’s what you need to know about government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout strategy

Government’s planned roll-out of critical vaccines to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will see high-risk patients and health workers first in the queue.
Tshepong hospital vandalised by striking workers

Hospitals vandalised over unpaid performance bonuses

Health workers at the Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp have embarked an unprotected strike over bonuses and reportedly vandalised facilities.
Women are likely to die in greater numbers than men in the Covid-19 pandemic because they dominate health and education positions

Women make up 58% of Covid-19 infections in South Africa says NICD

Women are being infected by Covid-19 at a higher rate than men in South Africa says the NICD as it releases more data showing an accelerated spread of the coronavirus.
Sea point Cape Town maskless beach goers

Beach abuse leaves government little room to move on Covid-19

As Festive Season begins there are signs that government will clamp down further with beach goers ignoring social distancing and mask wearing rules.
Connection between GBV and HIV

High rates of gender-based violence linked to high rates of HIV infection among women, study shows

There is a link between HIV infection and gender-based violence, a study shows. The cultural and economic issues that prevent women from speaking up, also create a climate for intimate partner violence.
Lettuce grown in home food garden

Small-scale farmers want to help their communities, but they need help first

In an attempt to address food insecurity and job creation, small scale farmers in the Mopani District of Limpopo are ready to provide. But first, they need help upscaling.
Taxi Drivers and passengers in North West

North West taxi drivers pay for PPE out of their own pockets

With passengers set to increase dramatically during the festive season amid a second wave of Covid-19 infections, taxi drivers complain that the owners are not buying sanitisers or PPE.

Poor state of Limpopo’s special needs schools put learners at further disadvantage says Human Rights Commission

The Human Rights Commission met with school governing bodies and government to discuss the poor state of the Limpopo’s 35 special needs schools.
Stop Gender Based Violence reads the poster being held by a women during a march in Gauteng

A support network in Thembisa will help young women identify GBV red flags

People Opposed to Women Abuse (POWA) Thembisa is focusing on healing and empowering survivors of gender-based violence through a support network, long after #16Days ends.
Nyiko Masango is riding against #GBV

A father is cycling across the country to raise awareness about good parenting and gender-based violence

A South African cyclist is using his bicycle as a weapon against Gender Based Violence – seeking to inspire youngsters to get physical as he rides from Beit Bridge to Cape Town
Merck pharmaceuticals subsidiary invests in South African clinic chain

Black women-owned Unjani Clinics get R11.7m cash injection from US investor

Merck Pharmaceuticals subsidiary MSD announces grant that will see the Unjani Clinics group hire more staff in their For Mothers Initiative.

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