Home Affairs considers scrapping male and female ID numbers: Gender activists welcome draft new identity management policy, with some reservations
Source: GroundUp News.
A new vaccine is being tested in Cape Town: Here’s why it’s different: Scientists hope SARS-CoV-2 will be less likely to evade it
Source: GroundUp News.
Community gardeners dig in against attempts to evict them: New Khayelitsha vegetable garden is on land set aside for a provincial housing project
Source: GroundUp News.
South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins!: Sister Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi, a registered nurse and midwife, was the first person in the country to be vaccinated as part of the state’s programme
Source: GroundUp News.
Activists demand transparency over Covid-19 vaccine roll out: Right2Know pickets outside Gauteng health department
Source: GroundUp News.
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