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Introduction: Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is critical to personal health, protecting vulnerable populations, reopening socio-economic life, and achieving population health and safety through immunity. The primary aim of this review was to investigate the extent and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa to inform the development of strategies to address it. A secondary aim was to enhance understandings of and responses to vaccine hesitancy more generally in South Africa, with potential positive effect on vaccination uptake during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Areas covered: We reviewed the findings from surveys conducted in South Africa from February 2020 to March 2021 that investigated acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines. Surveys were identified through searching electronic databases of peer-reviewed and gray literature and contacting experts. Expert opinion: The review reveals the inherently social nature of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa, potentially influenced by age, race, education, politics, geographical location, and employment. Along with the provision of information, COVID-19 vaccine communication strategies need to form part of broader trust-building measures that focus on relationships, transparency, participation, and justice. The pandemic also provides a unique opportunity to positively intervene and reduce vaccine hesitancy trends more generally in South Africa and potentially elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Godfrey Boyle, David Elliott and Robin Roy (eds.), The politics of technology, London, Longman in association with The Open University Press, 1977, + R8,30. Stankiewicz, WJ, A Guide to Democratic Jargon, Oficyna Stanislaw Gliwa, London, 1976. South African Yearbook of International Law, Vol II 1976, Pretoria University of South Africa, 1976, pp.250, Table of cases. Subject Index. A. S.A. R10,00. BW HODDER, Africa Today, Methuen, London, 1978, pp.166. BOOTH. KEN and WRIGHT. MOORHEAD. American Thinking About Peace and War. The Harvester Press Ltd. Sussex. 1978. )pp.240 )R26.90((. CHALIAND, G, Revolution in the Third World: Myths and Prospects, The Harvester Press, Hassocks, Sussex. 1977, £6.95. MILLER, P.A., ROOME, W.B. & STAUDE, G.E. Management in South Africa, An Introductory Text. Juta & Co. Limited. THEODOR HANF, HERIBERT WEILAND, GERDA VIERDAG: Siidafrika - Friedlicher Wandelf Moglichheiten demokratischer Konflihtlosung - Eine empirische Untersuchung. Kaiser-Grunewald-Verlag, Mainz/MQnchen, 1978 - 489 pp., DM 42.- [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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