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A high percentage of people in SA who identified Afrikaans as their home language are hesitant to get a Covid-19 vaccination, a new study tracking trends during the pandemic has found.
The National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (Nids-Cram) was released on Wednesday, looking at vaccines, schools, hunger, employment, and other categories.
Overall, the study found that 71% of adults in the country would be willing to get a vaccination. SA s national vaccine rollout starts on Monday.
“Our estimate is the highest estimate of vaccine intention for adults in SA to date. [About] 42% of Afrikaans home language respondents were vaccine-hesitant, much higher than the national average . and significantly higher than seven of the 11 language groups,” it found.
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About 56% of black South African parents believe that children should go back to school full-time. This is the lowest rate compared to that of white parents and coloured parents.
According to the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM) Wave 4 report, black parents were hesitant to send their children to attend full-time at school. However, 85% of white parents and 69% of coloured parents who responded to the survey agreed that their children should return to full-time attendance.
The NIDS -CRAM Wave 4 Synthesis Report survey, spearheaded by Stellenbosch University’s Dr Nic Spaull and University of Cape Town’s Associate Professor Reza Daniels, was conducted between February and March this year.
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International Women s Day is celebrated on 8 March.
This year, the theme is Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world .
However, Fedusa says
in South Africa there should be radical change in the gender equity policy rather than a celebration on
International
Women s Day.
While women s achievements will be celebrated on International Women s Day on Monday, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) says South Africa is lagging behind.
This year, International Women s Day will be marked by the United Nations under the theme Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world .
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