Crisis meeting on the insurgency in Cabo Delgado The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit, in Maputo, Mozambique, on 8 April 2021 on measures to...
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Covid vaccine market opens door to a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade
New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising ‘vaccination R150’. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine, but COVID-19 is likely the disease in question. And...
The COVID-19 pandemic a year on
On 5 March 2021, South Africa reached an important milestone: 100 000 vaccinations were administered to healthcare workers. Exactly a year to the day after South Africa recorded its first case of the coronavirus, it is a bittersweet triumph, but in these uncertain times, a triumph nonetheless.
The possibility of COVID-19 being used for bioterrorism, with Dr Craig Moffat
"The intrinsic nature of extremist organisations is to disrupt normality and instil a sense of fear in a society. It is is not far fetched to imagine a scenario in which a pandemic such as COVID-19...
