Teachers have shared some of their challenges as schools reopened on 15 February, including fears of the pandemic spreading and students setting desks fire with hand sanitiser.
Cancer turned her life upside down as a teenager, but Charlene Nadine Motshegwe wants children to know they have the strength to beat this dreaded disease.
Those living with this incurable STI share their experiences, and remind readers why condoms are still the best form of protection.
Amid the pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa used his annual State of the Nation Address to announce more Covid-19 vaccines and the extension of the R350 relief grant.
After the AstraZeneca vaccine proved ineffective against the new coronavirus variant, health workers will now receive the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine. More vaccines will also arrive sooner than expected, the health ministry announced.
Traditional healers say they are on the frontlines in the treatment and prevention when it comes to the coronavirus and now they want first dibs at the vaccine.
With increased calls, very sick patients and stepping in as intensive care providers, emergency service workers have been at the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic. Often at their own peril.
The Special Investigations Unit found that some companies hiked their prices for PPE by 400% or more.
South Africa's government has decided to stop the planned rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vacccine after clinical trials found it is not as effective as hoped against the new variant reported in the country.
Dozens of nurses at Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni field hospital have gone unpaid. Officials say it is an administration glitch, but that is little comfort to the frontline workers who cannot afford to pay rent or electricity.
Government and private sector launch fund to fight gender-based violence and femicide, with R70 million already raised.
The ‘persal’ system was used to decide which frontline workers will get the vaccine in Limpopo. Meanwhile healthcare workers administering the vaccine will get extra security.
The theme for World Cancer Day on 4 February is "I am and I will"—encapsulating the spirit and strength of the cancer community in South Africa and around the world.
Potatoes may be cheaper but the price of ginger and garlic has surged due to home remedies to boos the immune system. The pandemic led to record highs for food prices in 2020, and even as prices dip, South Africans can't afford it.
South Africa has secured 20 million vaccines from Pfizer. Some South African health workers are hesitant about being first in line to receive the Covid-19 vaccine but President Ramaphosa says that is ok.
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