An app called ‘Unjected’ was removed from the web in 2021 after it encouraged those who snubbed the jab to swipe right. The “Tinder for anti-vaxers” was charged with spreading Covid-19 misinformation.
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is going to have its hands full with vaccine mandate cases.
A recent ruling by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) found in favour of an employer, Goldrush Group, who sacked an employee for failing to get vaccinated.
UCT psychiatry professor Jackie Hoare is also head of consultation-liaison psychiatry at Groote Schuur Hospital.
As of figures released yesterday, South Africa has administered in excess of 24 million jabs with 14,8 million people fully vaccinated.
President Ramaphosa said during his address last night that government has “set up a task team that will undertake broad consultations on making vaccination mandatory for specific activities and locations”.
Finally, after five anti-vax protests this year in Cape Town, two protesters were arrested for flouting the mask rule at the latest protest from the past Saturday.
If you’re tired of listening to scientists and experts talking about the COVID-19 vaccine, how about the motley crew from ‘Family Guy’?
South Africa is officially nearing the end of the third wave, with both COVID-19 infections and deaths dropping in recent days.
Estimates range between around 500 to 600 attendees at Saturday’s march, which makes it most likely the largest gathering of the sort in Cape Town.
Four people, two men and two women all aged between 19 and 36, were arrested last week and appeared in court on charges of fraud.
In order to encourage South Africans to get vaccinated, the government is considering allowing access to sporting events and entertainment venues.
The Department of Health has announced that the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) will now let you schedule a time and a place for your vaccine appointment, rather than having one assigned to you.
The Western Cape’s health minister, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, has had just about enough of those who spread misinformation.
Pfizer vaccine FDA approved. Trump’s border wall in bits. Tortoise filmed hunting. Rugby Championship saved. Scherzinger’s bikini workout.
On Saturday, a group of anti-vaxxers gathered outside Groote Schuur to protest, as healthcare professionals inside continued the battle to save lives.
The latest survey results show that almost half of white South African adults don’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
This week, in totally unhinged anti-vaxxer rants that are very easy to fact check, we have Matt Baker from Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Tyron Stoltz passed away due to COVID-19 on August 2. Tragically, that was just three days before the Jozi father of two was due to be vaccinated.
With the click of a mouse, or the tap of a phone screen, patently false and potentially deadly misinformation does the rounds, and Anena Burger can attest to that.
The 2007 movie, starring Will Smith, is being used to push an anti-vaccine agenda. One of the screenwriters has a simple response to that.
Around the world, hospital staff are relaying stories of last-minute regret at not getting vaccinated, with new headlines every day.
One of the arguments commonly used by those who don’t want to get the vaccine, or remain hesitant, is that fully vaccinated people are still getting infected.
The latest batch of South Africans to be eligible for the vaccine, aged 35 to 49, flocked to register and get the jab in record numbers. However, a large degree of hesitancy remains.
It may seem premature to start talking about a fourth wave already, but some health experts predict that could start emerging by late October.
Despite the fact that unvaccinated Americans account for virtually all recent COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths, there is still a great deal of hesitancy.
Next year’s FIFA World Cup will be unlike any other for a number of reasons. If fans want to make it inside a stadium, they will need to get a jab.
The main question on everybody’s lips seems to revolve around whether or not one should wait for the SMS to arrive, with details of your appointment, or simply walk into a vaccination site and hope for the best.
A new directive focusing on COVID-19 and the workplace has just been published by Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.
Registered nurse Joanna Overholt wanted to illustrate that COVID-19 vaccines make people magnetic, but things didn’t go to plan.