DEATH AND DYING IN THE EASTERN CAPE: PART ONE A losing battle: Why mortality rates in one province rocketed during the Covid-19 second wave 7 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
OP-ED Ground Zero: Deep-seated colonial-era prejudice fuelled the pandemic in rural Eastern Cape 11 min 0 By Leslie Bank
Judgment Date with Judge Dennis Davis An interview with Alex van den Heever: Show us the vaccine roll-out plan – the people deserve to know 1 min 0 By Christi Nortier
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM Hindsight is 2020: Three lessons from the Covid-19 second wave 4 min 0 By Mohale Moloi for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 Coronavirus has made the health sector sick, but the industry is recovering 4 min 0 By Unknown Author
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED The third wave of Covid-19 is coming. These are the lessons we’ve learnt and that hospitals must apply 7 min 0 By Gilles Van Cutsem
PHOTO ESSAY Chopper crash: Grief-stricken medics pay tribute to ‘fallen heroes’ 3 min 0 By Shiraaz Mohamed
CORONAVIRUS Emotional healing after Covid-19 trauma — the next step for healthcare workers in the Western Cape 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
COVID-19 South Africa’s scientists say the 501Y.V2 variant moves more easily and faster, but it’s not more deadly 9 min 4 By Unknown Author
MAVERICK CITIZEN Round two: What South Africa’s provinces are up against in the second wave 5 min 2 By Christi Nortier
Maverick Citizen: Coronavirus Medical oxygen: Afrox recalls industrial cylinders for conversion amid skyrocketing Eastern Cape demand 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Gauteng sees exponential rise in infections and deaths – but most new hospital beds still not ready 1 min 4 By Mark Heywood
COVID-19: VISUAL ESSAY Gauteng doctors on second wave: ‘Our health system is overwhelmed — we are traumatised for life’ 7 min 1 By Shiraaz Mohamed
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS We must unite to overcome the grave, persistent and deepening coronavirus pandemic 2 min 1 By Cyril Ramaphosa
ANALYSIS January 8th statement: Promises in the Age of Pandemic (and vaccine) 4 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
SECOND WAVE Taking stock: Vaccine uncertainty and a limping economy paint a bleak Covid-19 picture 8 min 0 By Unknown Author
SECOND WAVE European neighbours shut doors to Britain as new coronavirus strain spreads 2 min 0 By Reuters