[WATCH] The booze ban is back: How many hospital beds will it save?

This week, President Cyril Ramaphosa reintroduced a ban on alcohol sales because of hospitals running out of beds for COVID-19 patients. We look at how many beds alcohol sale restrictions during lockdown levels 4 and 5 saved.

Dylan Bush

Dylan Bush was a health journalist at Bhekisisa from February 2016 to September 2023.

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  November 2, 2023

  #TeamBhekisisa | From 2013 to 2023: Here’s what’s in a day’s work for Bhekisisa founder Mia Malan
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  October 9, 2023

  [WATCH] Yvette Raphael’s incredible journey of two decades with HIV
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  October 3, 2023

  Health Beat #12 | How to cope with taking HIV meds for life
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  August 31, 2023

  [WATCH] Why treating sex workers badly makes HIV spread

Joan van Dyk

Joan van Dyk was a health journalist, senior health journalist and news editor at Bhekisisa between 2017 and 2023.

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  June 6, 2023

  [WATCH] How to diagnose & treat cholera: A guide for health workers
• Joan van Dyk

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  May 31, 2023

  Mpumalanga reports its first cholera case — and death
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  April 19, 2023

  Why the cruel treatment of obese people is one of the last great stigmas
• Joan van Dyk

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  April 17, 2023

  Three health ministers in a row have failed SA’s nurses. Here’s why