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World Bank approves SA’s R7.6bn loan for COVID-19 vaccines
The World Bank has approved a €454.4 million (R7.6 billion) loan to South Africa for the country's COVID-19 Emergency Response Project.
Approved by the Bank’s...
OPINION: Can an employer in South Africa insist that an employee is vaccinated? The...
The long-awaited first CCMA award has been issued on a dismissal arising out of an employee refusing to be vaccinated.
The matter of Theresa Mulderij...
Business organisations oppose national vaccine mandates
Lawyers acting for the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA) and four other business organisations have sent a letter regarding the issue of...
First batch of 2.8m Pfizer vaccine doses from the US makes landfall in SA
South Africa received the first half of more than 5.6 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses from the United States which will significantly boost the...
South Africa has approved another COVID-19 vaccine
South Africa’s drugs regulator SAHPRA has confirmed that an emergency use application for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been approved.
According...
SA determined to ramp up vaccine manufacturing capacity
Deputy President David Mabuza has reiterated government’s stance to ramp up efforts for the country to produce its own lifesaving vaccines, as the world...
Western Cape already planning for next phases despite phase 1 vaccine challenges
While phase 1 of the vaccine rollout in the Western Cape has come with its challenges, the province is already planning for the forthcoming...
How to register for your vaccine as a frontline healthcare worker
The first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine, consisting of one-million doses of the Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute in India, arrived at...
Here’s how many South Africans say they will take a Covid-19 vaccine
The Centre for Social Change (CSC), University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) have published a new research briefing on...
SA secures initial batch of COVID-19 vaccine – but 52% of South Africans don’t...
While tens of millions of people around the world have already received the life-saving COVID-19 vaccine, the first round of jabs has yet to...
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