DISASTER ALERT South Africa is facing a polycrisis, Nedlac executive director Lisa Seftel tells summit 5 min 1 By Zukiswa Pikoli
PANDEMIC PROCUREMENT OP-ED Analysis finds SA was bullied into one-sided, imperial and immoral Covid-19 vaccine contracts 11 min 30 By Multi Stakeholder Group
PUBLIC HEALTH OP-ED Epidemic preparedness must address gender inequalities if we want improved health outcomes 4 min 0 By Ibrahima Cheikh Diong and Natasha Kofoworola Quist
SPOTLIGHT Women in Health – vaccine safety prof on her passion for making a difference 7 min 0 By Elri Voigt
UP IN SMOKE OP-ED As Covid-19 showed us, tobacco bans have little effect — behavioural changes work 5 min 0 By Stefani Du Toit, Stephan Rabie, Casey Fredericks, Gameedah Slarmie, Mfanelo Ncukana, Nonkanyiso Molatoli, Roxanne Pelteret and John Joska
CORONAVIRUS Caution warranted over new Covid variant, says health chief– here’s what you should do 3 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
NOT WALKING THE TALK Spending on global fossil fuel subsidies in 2022 shattered all-time records – report 4 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
PHOTO ESSAY An addict of sight lurks in the Covid night – this is 2020 South Africa through a lockdown lens 5 min 0 By Obie Oberholzer
BOOK EXTRACT If all the clocks were broken — Reflections and the nature of time through lockdown 3 min 0 By Asha Loon
Women’s Month 2023 OP-ED A Decent Path: Universal Basic Income would be a big step forward for women’s equality 6 min 1 By Colleen du Toit and Isobel Frye
PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE Activists celebrate landmark win for transparency after court orders Covid vaccine contracts to be made public 5 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
PUBLIC INTEREST Court orders Health Department to make Big Pharma Covid-19 vaccine contracts public 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
LOW RISK VARIANT Department of Health confirms one case of Covid Eris variant in Gauteng 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
COVID REBOUND Mother of a recovery – Cape Town wows the world as tourism numbers surge past pre-pandemic levels 5 min 2 By Suné Payne and Chuma Nontsele
CORONAVIRUS ‘Spike in infections’: WHO declares new Covid variant – but no evidence yet of increase in severity 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
VULNERABLE TARGETS Abuse of the elderly on the rise, with relatives mostly responsible 4 min 0 By An Wentzel
SPOTLIGHT RISING STAR Growing the Beta variant — young scientist remembers the day they danced in the lab 7 min 2 By Biénne Huisman
AAAND… INACTION Film industry in South Africa at risk of knock-on effect of Hollywood writers and actors strike over AI 6 min 2 By An Wentzel
TREATMENT EQUITY OP-ED TB prevention programmes need to catch up with the strides made in worldwide HIV prevention 4 min 0 By Violet Chihota
BOOK EXTRACT Broken Pieces of a Human: Death and lockdown – I know the taste of sorrow now 4 min 0 By Dimpho Thobela
