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Don’t think the judiciary can’t be captured

Helen Zille 3 September 2021 “All Truth passes through three phases, first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, third it is accepted as being self-evident.” This profound insight comes from German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, and is as true today as it was in the 19th Century. South Africa is a living testament to this […]

SA health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known

1 September 2021 As a team of South African researchers we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically distinct virus population with a common ancestor. This virus may be designated as a variant in future, based on significantly altered properties, but first we need to understand […]

Ronapreve for COVID-19 treatment – everything you need to know

Lara Marks, Visiting Research Fellow, History of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cambridge – 26 August 2021 The UK medicines regulator has just approved a new COVID-19 treatment. Branded Ronapreve in the UK and REGEN-COV in the US, the drug was developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals with Roche. It first grabbed headlines in October 2020 when President […]