VOW 88.1 The Covid Report

The Covid Report

At the onset of the Covid- 19 pandemic in South Africa when President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster in March 2020, Voice of Wits launched an hour- long daily talk show, The Covid Report. This show focuses on the impact the virus has on various sectors of society. Some of the topics covered include; stories of recovery, how people living in informal settlements are dealing with the pandemic, the impact of the virus on schooling- focusing on home schooling. The LIVE show airs 6 and 7pm Monday to Thursday and is available on podcast after that.
Weekly English South Africa Technology · Music
232 Episodes
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Surviving Covid19 in the US

On the Covid Report today we look at how one of the world's most developed nations has dealt with Covid 19. The US is the epicentre of the coronara virus with millions of people who have lost their and millions others infected. We speak to Sonya Shields, an American activist…
8 Oct 2020 44 min

Has human trafficking increased during the covid-19 pandemic in South Africa?

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world under enormous strain. With unprecedented measures adopted to flatten the infection curve, while at first sight these enforcement measures seemed to dissuade crime, they may also drive it further underground. With 27 million people believed to have been a victim of human trafficking,…
7 Oct 2020 36 min

How a decolonised medical system could have improved our response to Covide19

Traditional healing used to be concentrated a lot in the rural areas of Africa because of the inclination towards traditional ways of living in those areas. However, in the 21st century the situation has changed. Traditional health care services are no longer confined largely in the rural traditional villages alone…
6 Oct 2020 1 hr 03 min

How Covid-19 has affected prison and correctional services

With a vast majority of the world's prisons and detention centers being overcrowded and underfunded, physical distancing is simply not an option. Close confinement, shared facilities and spaces, have inmates and prison staff living in constant fear. Is a health response to COVID-19 in prisons enough? We speak to Logan…
5 Oct 2020 16 min

Food wastage amid the pandemic

COVID-19 lockdowns across the world have unleashed a range of unintended consequences, sparking a global economic crisis that has magnified fault lines in society, particularly in developing nations already burdened by high levels of poverty and income disparity. Millions of people’s livelihoods have been disrupted, leaving many unable to feed…
5 Oct 2020 30 min

Is it safe to go to the mountain for initiation during the pandemic?

Initiation schools are a cultural practice that has been conducted from many years ago where young men are circumcised and being taught on how to be men as they transition into manhood. As we are facing a global pandemic, one would wonder what impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on…
30 Sep 2020 27 min

South Africa is re-opening its borders, what does this mean for travellers?

There have been Local and international calls for South African to reopen the borders in order to kickstart the economy and prepare for a post cover-19 world. While the president has announced that the country will be reopening its borders, there have been delays in announcing which countries our borders will…
28 Sep 2020 36 min

How covid-19 has affect sex workers in South Africa

Sex workers amongst the vast majority remain the most marginalised group because their job is not recognised as work in South Africa. According to a study done by SWEAT in 2013, there were 158 000 sex workers in the country at the time, most of whom were female and support…
23 Sep 2020 46 min

How Africa has managed Covid-19 better than most nation, looking at Nigeria

The African continent seems to have dealt with the pandemic better than the developed nations. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous infection remains under 100 - thousand with recover as high as above 78%. We speak to Dr Kehinde Okunade who is currently based in Lagos State Nigeria about how they have…
22 Sep 2020 52 min

What do we know about covid-19 since the first case in RSA?

On The Covid Report today we speak to Professor Shabir Madhi about how South Africa has managed the coronavirus pandemic since the first case was reported in March. He also speaks to us about the vaccine trials that South Africa has been involved in. Madhi is a Professor of Vaccinology…
16 Sep 2020 32 min

Treating Covid-19 the African way

Africa is seemingly dealing with the covid-19 pandemic better than most developed nations. We speak to Mkhulu Zola Xashimba an Nyanga, Naturalist and a herbalist. He specializes in indigenous ethnomedicine ethnopsychology and ethnopsychiatry about what the west can learn from the continent.
16 Sep 2020 19 min

Hearing from the frontline workers, how has covid-19 affected nurses and doctors

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers are at a substantially increased risk of becoming infected with COVID-19. Dealing with this pandemic is not easy for anyone, but it’s especially hard on Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. We speak to Professional Healthcare Nurse Pauline Nxumalo who will tell us…
8 Sep 2020 38 min
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