News24 reports that according to Health Minister Joe Phaahla, the envisaged Covid-19 vaccination card, which is generally called a vaccination passport, will not deprive people of their basic human rights.

"It is not compulsory. What we are exploring is to use some aspect of what is generally called vaccine passports. We just want to call it a vaccination card/proof, through which we can use that as an encouragement and incentive,” Phaahla indicated on Thursday. He went on to explain: “When you say passport, it sounds too strong. It is basically an access card, which will, in future, when we want to open more and more activities, whether it is sporting spectators, entertainment and many other social activities, we want to look at that as an incentive through which certain activities will be available with increasing numbers for those who are vaccinated.” Phaahla said the government hoped to conclude the plan of using the vaccination card/proof in the next two weeks. It was previously reported that Phaahla had stated that it was "quite certain" that a time would come when public facilities would not be accessible without proof of vaccination.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Canny Maphanga at News24

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