Why should you wait for two weeks after a flu jab before getting vaccinated for Covid-19, and is it safe to get a shot if you have a weak immune system? We break it down. The post How do vaccines work when you have HIV or cancer? Four questions ans...

In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of science and applying faulty arguments is not at all helpful The post Va...

Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’ The post Understanding vaccine hesitancy is important, but it is vital that we go about it in...

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleges that work on the Northern Cape legislature’s building was not completed and, despite this, the company was given another tender worth R22-million The post Nehawu claims R35m Northe...

Additional energy will take demand pressure off Eskom’s strained supply, but the downside will be a reduction in revenue for the power utility The post Green shoots for energy security, bad news for Eskom’s revenue appeared first on The Mail &am...

The life of the anti-apartheid heroine and servant of the people is an important lesson for how leadership can be reimagined The post Celebrating iMbokodo and Adelaide Tambo’s legacy appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Rita Ndzanga demonstrated that ordinary people together can do extraordinary things. It’s our turn now The post We women of 2021 need a new charter appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Companies are keen to ditch plastic straws, but replacing them with single-use alternatives is not the best option, environmentalists say The post Companies are grasping at straws appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Vaccines save lives. But why don't we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd immunity. The post Vaccine hesitancy is a real problem we need real answe...

The mining industry is riding a wave that will eventually crash, analysts warn The post Commodities ‘bail out’ South African economy, but chronic structural woes remain appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.