Spreading fake news is generally acknowledged as being disruptive and potentially harmful. So much so that our nation’s president has on several occasions cautioned the public against sharing false information, with particular reference to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, what drives people to create and circulate fake news? Kiara Sunder, a […]
Coronavirus
Increased risk of COVID transmission with Delta variant
Dr Richard Friedland, chief executive officer of Netcare, says that the surge in COVID-19 cases and high admissions to hospitals in Gauteng are directly linked to the emergence of the Delta variant in South Africa. “Initial modelling suggested that Gauteng would experience a third wave, which would be lower than […]
Reflecting on the year with COVID-19
A year into the global COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown, RAVEN BENNY reflects on what the year has taught South Africans Now, a year into living with the COVID-19 pandemic, I think back on the time gone by; about the challenges faced and overcame, the innovations, creativity and hope. Yes, […]
Priority vaccination plea to save lives
With the rate of infections ever climbing and new variants always posing a risk, QASA is fighting to ensure its members are kept safe Risk of death rather than mortality rates should be the criteria that secures priority vaccination argues the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA). The organisation has […]
Priority vaccination plea to save lives
Risk of death rather than mortality rates should be the criteria that secures priority vaccination argues the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA). The organisation has made a plea to the Department of Health to include quadriplegics and paraplegics in the second round of the vaccine roll out. The organisations […]
Register for the vaccine
With the COVID-19 vaccines issued in South Africa, it is time for South Africans to decide if they will get the jab. While only people over the age of 60, along with healthcare workers, are being vaccinated currently, it is worth knowing the basics of registering to be vaccinated and […]
Hate you, COVID!
COVID has devasted many families and individual lives. LEON FLEISER shares how this virus has caused havoc in the sporting world On December 23, I got my COVID test results back … positive for COVID-19. I started feeling sick that morning, but not too bad. A day later, I was […]
We are all in this together
After a challenging year, RAVEN BENNY expresses the need for South Africans to come together in the new year Who could have known that with the first month of the new year behind us, staff back at work and kids going back to school that things would be almost normal […]
10 COVID Vaccine Myths and Facts
With so much conflicting information on the COVID-19 vaccines, GEORGE LOUW sets out to find the truth from reputable sources We live in a world of false news e live in a world of false news and distorted facts distributed on social media. One way to counter false and distorted […]
Time to fight the pandemic fatigue
As we enter our eigth month in lockdown, still battling the coronavirus, many struggle with pandemic fatigue as they tire of safety measures. However, Raven Benny calls on his fellow South Africans to keep heart and stay safe As the world awaited the outcome of the United States presidential elections, […]