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CCMA rules employer mandatory Vaccine Policy unconstitutional

NATIONAL The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) recently ruled that an employee be compensated a year’s worth salary, after being dismissed for not adhering to the employer’s ‘Mandatory Vaccine Policy’. Several previous cases ruled the contrary, more or less stating that the employee ‘refused to participate in the creation of a safe working environment’. In the latest case, the Equality, Freedom and security of the person and limitation […]

today2 July 2022

International News

COVID: Medical experts step up after dismissing menstrual changes

After her first Pfizer vaccine five months ago, Dahye Yim, 30, noticed something different with her menstrual cycle. Unusually heavier and with more physical symptoms such as a migraine, she went online to see if other women had experienced post-vaccine cyclical changes. She uncovered similar stories but failed to find scientifically-backed information on possible short-term vaccine side effects. The South Korean national, a PhD student based between London and Berlin, […]

today3 November 2021

Local

Over 126,000 people over the age of 60 registered for the covid 19 vaccine in SA

The Department of Health on Friday said over 126,000 people had registered on the new vaccine portal that went live for South Africans who are 60 years and older. The country's electronic vaccination data system website officially went live on Friday afternoon. It comes amid concerns among many South Africans who have criticised government for dragging its feet in vaccinating the country. However, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has assured the […]

today17 April 2021

International News

In COVID-19 milestone for West, Britain starts mass vaccination

A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully-tested COVID-19 shot on Tuesday, as Britain began mass-vaccinating its people in a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history. Health workers started inoculating the most vulnerable with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, with the country a test case for the world as it contends with distributing a compound that must […]

today9 December 2020

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