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30 January 2021 URGENT To: Dr Tony Fauci and Dr Rochelle Walensky And to: Dr David Kessler; Dr Vivek Murthy; and Dr Marcella Nunez-Smith Per e-mail URGENT – VACCINE ACCESS IN SOUTH AFRICA [...]

Date: Thursday 28 January Time: 11h00 – 11h45 AM Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4sRp4zgJQYOVMUWvSwhWDg Members of the media are invited to a press conference on the [...]

For Immediate Release 25 January 2021 The recent news of South African billionaire, Johann Rupert, reportedly ‘jostling’ the vaccination queue in Switzerland, is a stark display of the burgeoning [...]

For Immediate Release 25 January 2021 As the death toll of the second wave of COVID-19 continues to devastate the country and lockdown Level 3 is extended by at least six weeks, the government [...]

25 January 2021 Dear Mr President, We write to you at a time when you are understandably grief stricken at the loss of Honourable Minister Jackson Mthembu. We send you our sincere condolences, [...]

On Friday, 15 January 2021, social grant claimants – mostly those with disabilities and chronic illnesses – stood in long, congested queues outside the Bellville SASSA office. They [...]

Towards a People’s Vaccine Campaign — A CALL TO ACTION — [*Please note that this is the abridged version, for the full statement and updated list of endorsements, please see here*] [...]

Towards a People’s Vaccine Campaign — A CALL TO ACTION —   As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc in South Africa and across the globe, millions are dying and getting infected. [...]

For Immediate Release 8 January 2021 Epidemiological commonsense, along with ample international experience, predicted that South Africa would be struck by a second wave of Covid-19. The [...]