COVID-19 stands for ‘confirmation of verification ID’, vaccines are evil, masks are for suckers, and some other zingers from this weekend’s protest.
After being denied entry to a Spar outlet in Pretoria’s northern Les Marais suburb, a man first climbed onto a cash register, before returning to the scene with a petrol bomb.
There’s being a touch ‘hangry’ after waiting a while for your food, and then there’s this, an embarrassing meltdown featuring a staggering lack of self-awareness.
Perhaps taunting a police officer about arresting you isn’t the best course of action to take in this situation.
Turns out your sleepness nights could be attributed to what some are calling ‘coronasomnia’.
Fancy a guess at how many South Africans are being vaccinated daily, with our rollout having started on February 17?
Following reports of blood clotting in some patients who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, a few countries have temporarily suspended administering it while they investigate further.
Good luck scratching that #wanderlust itch if you don’t intend on getting the vaccine, with COVID-19 passports and the like set to be rolled out.
Dating is a whole new game during a pandemic, with the ‘new normal’ ushering in a unique set of dating horror stories.
Following an alert from INTERPOL, South African authorities seized hundreds of ampoules of fake COVID-19 vaccines from a warehouse in Gauteng.
According to a number of experts, South Africa is unlikely to reach its 2021 COVID-19 herd immunity targets through vaccinations.
Guess who’s back, back again? It’s alert level 1, so let’s unpack what has and hasn’t changed when it comes to rules and regulations.
We’ve all left the house without a mask before, followed by the hurried shuffle back inside to grab one. This is certainly a rather unusual approach.
Trading from Monday to Thursday is better than a total alcohol sales ban, but retailers argue that an inability to sell on weekends really stings.
After some unforeseen problems with the first round of vaccines to reach South Africa, the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine begins.
Pick n Pay staff were on the receiving end of an earful from a woman who refused to wear a mask, saying it was unconstitutional. Yes, they still walk among us.
Our daily new infection numbers have dropped considerably since the surge in December and January, but the battle is far from over.
There’s a reason that we refer to the rates of COVID-19 as ‘reported infections’. Not everyone who has contracted the disease is tested or recorded.
Since air travel resumed in South Africa, the question on many minds has been whether flying in the time of COVID-19 is safe.
The use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19 is clearly a divisive issue, and the ‘Carte Blanche’ segment this past Sunday drew the ire of many viewers.
Here we are, nearing a year of living under the shadow of a global pandemic, and some people still want to go to war over wearing a mask.
We’ve reached that point, over a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, where we’re starting to get a better idea of the after-effects of the virus.
At this point, we’re all suffering from extreme COVID-19 fatigue. For those on the frontline, there really is no escape.
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has fined club management after an investigation into a video of patrons at Buccaneers, partying mask-free in a packed venue.
Following his arrest on Saturday, Craig Peiser appeared in court yesterday. At one stage, he is reported to have flung his mask at the magistrate whilst using abusive language.
The AstraZeneca vaccine, expected to last until the middle of the year, will expire by April, and to add to the bad news, it might not be that effective against the 501Y.V2 variant.
The COVID-19 variant 501Y.V2, to give it its proper name, is now best known around the world as ‘the South African variant’. That really upsets Prof Salim Abdool Karim.
A number of airlines have extended their bans on travel to and from South Africa, although there are still a few options.
The first batch of vaccines has arrived, but it’s going to take at least two weeks for them to be checked and verified. In the meantime, the government has launched its Electronic Vaccination Data System.
Last year’s Tokyo Olympics were pushed back to this year, and slated to run from July 23 through to August 8. There are plenty of hurdles for organisers to overcome.