#NHIPublicHearings: Bloemfontein has its say on the NHI bill
Although a number of people in Bloemfontein support National Health Insurance Bill, they demand quality healthcare services first.
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#LockdownSA: Ramaphosa announces SA lockdown to curb Covid-19 spread
The 21-day national lockdown will see only essential personnel working, with everyone else staying at home.
#LockdownSA: Prioritise feeding hungry learners
Discussions about the schooling program for the rest of the year are still underway, but the majority of children who rely on the National School Nutrition Programme remain without access to their meals.
#LockdownSA: Police arrest ‘prophet’ for circulating fake news
A self-proclaimed prophet has been arrested by the police in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, for circulating a video defying the regulations put in place to help combat the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
#LockdownSA: Informal food traders live in fear without protective gear
Fresh produce hawkers who meet government regulations are allowed to continue business, but in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape food vendors are worried about their safety, as the local government has failed to give them personal protective equipment.
#LockdownSA: Day 1 sees panic-buying in Daveyton
On the first day of the national lockdown, a frustrated Daveyton resident laments that the government’s plans aren’t well implemented.
#LockdownSA: Charities highlight children in need
Under the current lockdown level, food donations may be made by charitable organisations, and North West and Free State communities rallied together to ensure that vulnerable community members are helped.
#FreeToBleed: Zero-rating and free pads to start in South Africa
Bleeding every month is about to get a lot cheaper for many people who menstruate. In some cases, it may even be free.
#FreeToBleed: Zero-rating and free pads to start in South Africa
Bleeding every month is about to get a lot cheaper for many people who menstruate. In some cases, it may even be free.
#Elections2019: Who can solve SA’s drug policy problem?
Drugs continue to devastate many lives and the people who use them are caught in a tug-of-war between morality and research. Do the country’s prominent political parties offer policies based on evidence, ideology or simply a lack of understanding?
#Elections2019: Parties pledge universal health, but lack detail
How ‘universal’ is the universal health coverage envisaged by the National Health Insurance scheme? The draft law contains xenophobic rhetoric, but the country’s main political parties offer very few alternatives in the manifestos.
#CovidNurseStayAway: Frontliners sidelined in Covid-19 plans
A number of nurses and nursing trade unions have voiced their disappointment about their apparent exclusion from the country’s relief measures — such as income tax breaks.
#Covid-19: The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is being distributed immediately
The first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine arrived in South Africa and will be distributed immediately. More doses of the single-dose vaccine are expected to arrive in the coming weeks.
#Covid-19: SIU on the warpath with almost half of PPE contracts under scrutiny
The Special Investigations Unit found that some companies hiked their prices for PPE by 400% or more.
#CoronaVirusSA: ‘I desperately wish that our people would listen, so we can fight the virus’
In the Free State, the Dihlabeng Mayor urges his constituency to self-isolate, and healthcare workers plead with patients to follow instructions about Covid-19 prevention.