Phase 2 of South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, aiming to vaccinate citizens over the age of 60, is under way and people are being asked to report any mild, moderate or severe adverse events experienced after receiving their jabs.
Reporting adverse events is a critical part of monitoring vaccine safety once a vaccine has been rolled out to the broader population. The timeous reporting specifically of serious adverse events means a specialist review or causality committee can either rule out or confirm whether there is a link to the vaccine.
Spotlight has been alerted to calls by an “independent” online organisation for people to report, on the organisation’s site, adverse events they may experience. To avoid confusion, we spoke to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the national health department to map out the official and credible channels for reporting and to explain how to report mild, moderate or severe adverse events following
Dr Tasnim Suliman in the biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has kept scientists on their toes for more than a year, while it grew stealthier and new variants cropped up.
South Africa obtained its first laboratory isolate of the virus from Covid-19 positive patients at Tygerberg Hospital in April 2020, courtesy of the collaborative efforts of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Stellenbosch University (SU), a news release stated. A virus isolate was taken from an infected patient and grown in the lab under safe and controlled conditions.
Dr Tasnim Suliman, associate lecturer in virology at UWC and a post-doctoral research fellow working under Professor Megan Shaw, an influenza expert – in collaboration with Professor Wolfgang Preiser, SU s head of medical virology – has been growing and studying the virus in the laboratory since then.
May 24, 2021
The winners have been announced of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a three-month challenge that saw teams of young innovators working to overcome cybersecurity and online risks.
The challenge was a public-private sector collaboration in which over 90 ideas were submitted in March this year, and the top eight teams then entered a qualifying round where they were mentored by some of South Africa’s top cybersecurity experts.
Working with the CyberSecurity Hub and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the University of the Western Cape: Future-Innovation Lab partnered with KnowBe4, TrendMicro, BCX, Bi-Technologies, Vox Telecom, NClose, Black Rhino, and Bi-Tech Africa to host the Gov-X Innovation Challenge.
121 goals scored in first 5 weeks of Hollywoodbets Super League
24 May 2021 – The Hollywoodbets Super League has so far recorded a maximum of 121 goals scored in the first 5 weeks of the season, underscoring the excitement and growing in stature of the women’s game.
Such is the popularity of the Hollywoodbets league that the viewership numbers on SABC has skyrocketed to close to 2 million per match.
Reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies went to the top of the log standings after thrashing Thunderbirds from the Eastern Cape 4-1 while First Touch Academy moved second on the log standings after securing a late equaliser against the University of the Western Cape in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
The 20 ANC men and women who make up the powerful national working committee meet tomorrow for the first time since the party’s suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule announced that a decision on whether he would apologise for unilaterally suspending President Cyril Ramaphosa would be informed by the courts.
First she was told the vaccines were frozen and she would not be allowed in. She was then told to return to the vaccination site the following day. Then, on Thursday, she did her screening, only to be told that there was no vaccine and she should return the following day.
Former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku and former presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko may have been reinstated to their positions in ANC provincial structures by the party’s national appeal committee, but there is no certainty that they will be returned to their government positions.