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South Africaâs most vaccine-hesitant people speak Afrikaans, a new study says Business Insider SA
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Hesitancy rates are generally down from previous reports.
More than a third of respondents aged between 18 and 24 said they were hesitant to get a Covid-19 vaccine.
And fewer than 60% of Afrikaans-speaking respondents indicated their willingness to be innoculated, especially in the Northern and Western Cape.
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Overall, less than a third of South Africans are hesitant about getting vaccinated against Covid-19. But those who speak Afrikaans at home are a lot more likely to have doubts, according to a new survey.
Hunger worsens despite Covid grants, even as employment recovers from hard lockdown job losses One in five South African households report weekly hunger. File photo. Image: 123RF/Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer
There has been a substantial increase in employment recovery due to eased lockdown measures from last year, but the country continues to battle against hunger.
This is according to a National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile survey (Nids-Cram) released on Wednesday.
“Between February and April 2020, we had previously found a substantial increase in those who were not employed – from 43% to 52% - as well as an increase in furloughed workers. We now find that by October 2020, the percentage of people employed is much closer to its February pre-pandemic level.