Alcohol lobby’s data is wobbly
A recently released five-page “report”, funded by and on behalf of the alcohol industry, purports…
Covid-19
Paddy Harper’s on the Rastazenica vaccine
Thursday. It’s Day 385 of the Covid-19 lockdown. Like most of my fellow South Africans,…
Ramaphosa announces ‘substantial changes’ to armed forces leadership
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced five new appointments to the Military Command Council (MCC), bidding…
Africa could produce a Covid-19 vaccine sooner than you think
In the 1980s, a factory in Norwood, Massachusetts, churned out Polaroid’s iconic camera film. Polaroid…
Africa CDC says cannot predict when second COVID-19 shots will arrive
Many Africans who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine do not know when they will…
Insecurity and Covid-19: Threats to electoral democracy in Africa
More than 13 African countries are scheduled to hold, or have already held, parliamentary or…
A new era of vaccine sovereignty in Africa beckons
Africa launched a new era of vaccine sovereignty this week, when government and industry leaders…
Backlog Project provides hope for Cape Town refugees, asylum seekers
Several deserted tents, a few smouldering fires and a trampled field are a far cry…
The renewal: US-Africa relationship
In his first allocution to African leaders at the virtual African Union Summit in February,…
South Africa temporarily halts J&J vaccine rollout plan
Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has called for calm as South Africa temporarily suspends its…
Sindi van Zyl, the doctor who never stopped caring
Sindisiwe Van Zyl wasn’t famous when I met her 11 years ago at a media…
SABS ‘contemplates’ 170 retrenchments to save R150m
The embattled South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) plans to retrench 170 employees in a…