On 12 May 2022, the South African Constitutional Court heard its first ever copyright discrimination matter brought by Blind SA, an organisation serving the interests of people with print and visual disabilities, on the basis that South Africa’s copyright laws unfairly discriminate against them and violate several constitutional rights.

COVID-19 may be one of the most devastating pandemics of our generation but it is unlikely to be the last. The TRIPS Waiver remains a crucial step to ending the pandemic and its disproportionate effects on African countries and the global South.