The vaccine roll-out was always a race. The country that achieves herd immunity first will reap global tourism’s pent-up demand. It is a sorry state that Africa is reduced to a begging continent, unable to procure vaccines for its own people, depending once again on the goodwill of the world’s aid and not trade.
The effects of the pandemic have proven to be devastating to both the production and demand sides of the economy. The decline in GDP growth has been largely due to the marked slowdown in economic activity coupled with widespread disruptions in international, regional and domestic supply chains. Saving lives and preserving livelihoods was always going to be a monumental task.
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Employers urged to prioritize staff wellbeing as suicides rates climb
7 January 2021 12:18 PM
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Close to 1 800 South Africans died by suicide in the four months following the declaration of the national lockdown in March 2020.
Businesses are being urged to put the mental health of their employees first in 2021.
In his recent Daily Maverick article, Free State university chancellor Prof Bonang Mohale says that now, more than ever, staff must feel needed, valued, wanted and appreciated .
He says the global coronavirus pandemic has seen a rise in the number of deaths by suicide as people feel overwhelmed by grief, financial pressures, anxiety and uncertainty.