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Twenty-seven years into democracy, as we mark Workers’ Day on 1 May, there has been a sea change in terms of work practices over the years. Most notably, black South Africans who were previously discriminated against during apartheid now have the right to strike, the right to fair labour practices and the right to join trade unions.
They also have more upward mobility. Writing on senior positions being reserved for white people during apartheid, Padraig O’Malley, an author and academic who’s written on South Africa’s journey to democracy, says on his blog: “The effect of this was to keep black workers in perpetual subordination to anybody who was white and to relegate them to second-class occupational status in the workplace.”
Carin Runciman, Kate Alexander, Martin Bekker, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Benjamin Roberts & Ngqapheli Mchunu
This is a follow-up article to our earlier piece on vaccine acceptance and non-acceptance. We showed that 67% of the population would either definitely or probably get the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Here we present analysis of self-reported explanations about why people would or would not get the vaccine. Our account shows that among those who do not accept or are unsure about the need for a vaccine (33% of the population), most are worried about the side-effects and effectiveness of the vaccine, and want more information. Conspiracy theories and concern with the occult are marginal to explanations of vaccine non-acceptance.
COVID-19 vaccine sceptics simply want more info, says UJ professor Government and scientists have been criticised for sending mixed messages about the COVID-19 jabs with just a few days to go before the first batch arrives in South Africa for health workers. An NHS pharmacy technician holds a vial as she simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine s rollout on 8 December 2020. Picture: AFP.
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JOHANNESBURG - Director of the Centre for Social Change at the University of Johannesburg, Professor Carin Runciman, said that the majority of people who were sceptical about the COVID-19 vaccine were simply demanding more information in order to make an informed decision.