THIS WEEK saw Dr Iqbal Survés attempt to recast himself as a wealthy philanthropist and friend of newborns everywhere fall flat amidst yet another infantile furore involving the Independent Group. Survé and his organisation Survé Philanthropies appear to be the victim of an elaborate public relat...

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 2021 (IPS) – At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately, a year’s delay will cause an estimated 2.5 million avoidable deaths in low and lower-middle income...

[PANDA have been denied the right to respond to a hatchet piece published by the Daily Maverick, as the recipients of similar treatment by our co-opted, press, we publish their response in full below. – Ed] From: Nick HudsonDate: Friday, 5 February 2021 at 08:24To: Rebecca DavisSubject: Re: Media...

GIVEN the slow pace at which South Africa's mass vaccination campaign has been rolled out — as yet, not one confirmed public vaccination has been administered — claims by government that 10% of the population, including the vulnerable and front-line workers will receive the jab, must be met with...

THE FAR RIGHT agenda within South Africa's judicial system reared its ugly head once again this past week, with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng pronouncing upon the Covid Vaccine. According to the elected head of the judiciary, some Covid vaccines might contain 'triple-six' or the 'mark of the devi...

please note: events of the past weeks of December have shown the speculation surrounding the so-called 'seasonal thesis' below to be completely wrong, instead we have a witnessed another surge as the result the rise of a more infectious lineage of the virus, the article is preserved here to serve...