The Covid-19 pandemic has reached a grim peak in South Africa. It was a brilliant achievement that, in the end, resulted in an effective public treatment programme. Progressive medicineThere is a long and international history of struggle in the interests of public health. Trade unions remain the largest popular organisations and their support will be critical in advancing a commitment to public health. Incredibly, impoverished Black women have continued to be subject to forced sterilisation in post-apartheid South Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 12, 2021 08:48 UTC