More than 2 300 medical interns have joined the health workforce this year.More than a quarter of the interns have been allocated to Gauteng, 545 to KwaZulu-Natal and 322 to the Western Cape.A further 41 interns who have studied abroad are also being allocated across the country.A total of 2 369 medical interns have joined…
World motorcycling superstar Valentino Rossi said a stray bike, travelling at around 320 kmh, almost "killed me" in a horrifying near-miss at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.The 41-year-old Italian, a nine-time world champion, was left badly shaken after Franco Morbidelli's Yamaha flew across the track just centimetres in front of him.Morbidelli had collided with…
By Adam Vaughan A male Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in Kirindy Forest, MadagascarSteve Bloom Images / Alamy This lemur species was once common across the south of Madagascar, but is now listed as critically endangered, the last category before extinction. The fate of Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is sadly shared by many of its cousins,…
By Adam Vaughan A male Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in Kirindy Forest, MadagascarSteve Bloom Images / Alamy This lemur species was once common across the south of Madagascar, but is now listed as critically endangered, the last category before extinction. The fate of Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is sadly shared by many of its cousins,…
National coach of national women's soccer team Banyana Banyana, Desiree Ellis, netted a donation from City of Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato today - to help feed the hungry. (Picture supplied by City of Cape Town.) Almost 1 000 people are currently in quarantine in the Western Cape.More than 40 isolation sites are hosting people…
1 min read AHEAD OF THE F1 Miami Grand Prix, Liam Lawson took a different type of drive than his usual high-speed outing. The 24-year-old racer from New Zealand got behind the wheel of the MH Muscle Car—a tricked-out Ford Raptor—with fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. along for the ride. Lawson and Samuel roll through
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize a key campaign promise: transforming a healthcare system replete with insurance company intermediaries into the nation’s first state-run single-payer model providing comprehensive coverage to all residents, similar to those in Canada and
The FDA needs to better communicate with state and local officials to improve food safety efforts, according to testimony heard by a House of Representatives subcommittee. Steven Mandernach, executive director of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), on Wednesday delivered the testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce