News in South Africa 12th August: 1. Economic recovery will be slow: Most people around the world don’t think their country’s economy will recover from the pandemic in the next year. A recent global survey from Ipsos for the World Economic Forum surveyed around 21,500 adults spanning 29 different countries, including the US, India, and Japan, to learn about […]
News in South Africa 11th August: 1. Unvaccinated increase chance of new variants: Health experts warn that populations that remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 increase the risk of more variants developing. The World Health Organization is already thinking past the Greek alphabet for potential variant names, saying that the longer the virus remains in high transmission, […]
News in South Africa 4th August: 1. Schools completely looted: Schools across Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) were looted and damaged during the recent bout of civil unrest, piling more pressure onto the education sector which has already been hurt by Covid-19 and associated lockdowns. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on education in South […]
News in South Africa 30th July: 1. Vaccine rollout gains momentum: South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is gaining momentum as it opens to younger age groups. A third of the country’s total jabs have been administered in the past two weeks alone. South Africa’s vaccination rollout got off to a shaky start due to procurement […]
News in South Africa 29th July: 1. Hospitals and staff overwhelmed: While South Africa may be past the peak of the third wave, hospitals and medical staff are suffering aftershocks as admissions continue to rise. The peak of the wave reflects a topping out of new infections – however, those new cases tend to flood […]
News in South Africa 23rd July: 1. Covid-19 Third wave peak passed: Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says that indications point to South Africa having passed the peak of a third Covid-19 wave. Kubayi said in a media briefing on Friday morning (23 July), that while this is welcome news, there are still concerns that the […]
News in South Africa 22nd July: 1. More vaccinations through medical aid: The latest data on South Africa’s vaccine rollout shows that more people with medical aid are getting the vaccine than those without – with 18% of medical aid members already receiving the shot, versus 6% of those without. The department says this is […]
News in South Africa 21st July: 1. Environmental damage from riots: Following the recent violent events, authorities are dealing with another crisis – the short- and long-term impact on the environment. For more than seven days, chaos broke out in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal when looters ransacked businesses and other entities. But others took their sinister […]
News in South Africa 20th July: 1. Life expectancy has declined: Life expectancy in South Africa has declined for the first time in almost two decades due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has prompted a 34% rise in adult deaths in 2021. The Total Life Expectancy (LE) at birth has dropped by 3.5 years, with […]
News in South Africa 19th July: 1. Looting damages excessive: It is not yet clear just how extensive the destruction of particularly retail and warehouse property and the looting of stock in the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng was. On Friday night (July 16), President Cyril Ramaphosa referenced “preliminary reports compiled by NatJoints [the National […]
