VACCINE SHENANIGANS Covid bullying — civil society slams Big Pharma’s non-disclosure vaccine deals 5 min 0 By Tamsin Meterlerkamp
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 9-14 JUNE This week in Civil Society — Unpacking food safety, discussion on decolonising conservation and tackling youth in crisis 4 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
TRUMP 2.0 Pressure mounts on Health Minister Motsoaledi to remedy ‘catastrophic consequences’ of US aid freeze 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 16-20 SEPTEMBER This week — climate change and migration discussion, annual David Sanders Lecture, and a documentary on the Cape Town housing crisis 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
SOCIAL JUSTICE Is the International Aids Conference advancing equity and equality in the quest to end Aids? 7 min 0 By Anele Yawa
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 18 - 24 SEPTEMBER This week — UN General Assembly high-level meeting on health and Just Transition in Boksburg 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
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 INTEREST Covid-19 contracts reveal that Big Pharma 'bullied' SA while securing vaccines worth $734m - NGO 6 min 10 By Zukiswa Pikoli
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
CALL FOR DISCLOSURE Advocacy group makes court bid to lift veil of secrecy over SA’s Covid vaccine procurement 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE OP-ED We are unlikely to be equitably able to access lifesaving, affordable medicines under NHI 10 min 6 By Fatima Hassan
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED NHI Bill must still clear many hurdles to ensure adequate medicine access 7 min 1 By Yanga Nokhepheyi, Marlise Richter and Fatima Hassan
WORLD AIDS DAY Competition law and healthcare – lessons from the Hazel Tau case 3 min 0 By Aiden Louw
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 24-28 OCTOBER This week – Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, United Nations Day and talk on National Health Insurance Bill 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Safeguarding public procurement and resources now beyond urgent 5 min 0 By Zukiswa Kota
TRIPS AGREEMENT Ramaphosa urged not to endorse ‘sham of a waiver’ for Covid-19 patents 7 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
VACCINES OP-ED South Africans have a right to see the country’s vaccine contracts and to know what they contain 5 min 0 By Fatima Hassan
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Private-public politics: State control crucial for vaccine equity and to stop queue-jumping by the rich 2 min 0 By Fatima Hassan and Marlise Richter
Maverick Interview Judgment Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 47: Fatima Hassan 1 min 0 By Dennis Davis
