Covid-19

ONE YEAR ON: Living in the age of Covid-19

A year, more than 1.5m infections and over 50,000 deaths later, we take a look at what the past year has been like for SA.

05 March 2021 - 05:27
By TimesLIVE
Covid-19 in SA: A year on
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PODCAST | One year of Covid-19: Reflecting on SA's biggest moments

In this episode of 'Boots on the Ground', we relive some of the most memorable moments from the pandemic - moments we ...

By Paige Muller

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | ‘Mistakes were made, lessons were learnt’: Zweli ...

Health minister Zweli Mkhize said the Covid-19 crisis has been a rough year-long journey for SA in which mistakes were ...

Suthentira Govender
Senior reporter

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | Five treatments that fell short

Over the course of the last year since the first outbreak of the coronavirus, numerous drugs and treatments have been ...

Paul Ash
Senior reporter

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | How grocery delivery apps scored

Thousands of businesses have struggled due to the impact of Covid-19 in SA since the first case was recorded a year ...

Iavan Pijoos
Journalist

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | South Africans show their ...

The Sunflower Fund saw a 230% increase in people registering to become donors in the past year. The fund usually ...

By Sipokazi Fokazi

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | 'We can't make the same mistakes again': medical ...

Exactly a year ago, the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in SA. Since then, more than 1.5 million people have ...

Millions of Covid-19 shots heading to SA between now and June, Mkhize says

SA will receive between 9 million and 11 million Covid-19 vaccines between March and the end of June, health minister ...

Matthew Savides
Night news editor

PODCAST | Remembering the first night of lockdown

In this podcast we revisit the first nights of chaos and confusion as SA and its citizens entered lockdown for the ...

By Paige Muller

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | Elderly eyes shine at prospect of visits to old age ...

With lockdown levels being eased to alert level one this week, the elderly in care homes are excited and happy at the ...

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19 | Divorces on the rise ...

In a year of Covid-19 in SA, close proximity, financial pressures and even home schooling have hit couples hard and ...

Anguish, listening, resilience: Zweli Mkhize reflects on a year of Covid-19

On the anniversary of SA’s first case, the health minister looks back on how he’s coped with the pandemic

Nivashni Nair
Senior reporter

Past 12 months have felt like 12 years, says Abdool Karim as he heads for ...

The head of ministerial committee on Covid-19 says he has learnt more about viruses this year than in 35 years

Tanya Farber
Senior science reporter

Services as usual on Sunday ... with Covid protocols, vows head of raided ...

He claims police are harassing his 2,000-strong congregation after bloody invasion that saw six parishioners arrested

Bucking the trend: SA women more likely to catch Covid than men

Elsewhere in Africa men are more at risk, says WHO, adding that continent’s fatality rate is rising above the average

Claire Keeton
Senior features writer

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19: A year on from SA's first ...

As SA reflects on a year of heartache and mourning, here's a look at how the coronavirus has affected the world in ...

By Sunday Times

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19: 10 sobering facts about the pandemic in SA

As the country reflects on a year with the deadly coronavirus, here are some facts on the pandemic in SA.

By Khanyisile Ngcobo

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19: WATCH | South Africans reflect on life during the ...

We took to the streets to chat to South Africans about their biggest lessons, regrets and some of the positives to come ...

By TimesLIVE

ONE YEAR OF COVID-19: IN PICS | A look at Covid-19 through the lenses of ...

SA has had its own unique experience of the Covid-19 pandemic as the country marks exactly a year since the first case.

By TimesLIVE

After exactly one year of Covid-19, SA sees 1,404 new cases and 96 deaths ...

In exactly a year since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in SA on March 5, 2020, there have been 1,517,666 ...

By TimesLIVE