Distress

By Michael Marshall Rats help out in a crowdAnil Kumar / Alamy Rats will often help their fellows if they are in distress, but they can be influenced not to – if other rats seem uninterested in the situation. This so-called bystander effect has been studied in humans for 50 years. That it also exists…

The details of the R350 grant to help unemployed people not receiving any form of subsidy or grant during Covid-19 were revealed on Wednesday. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said a social relief distress grant would be paid between May to October.It will be open to South Africans, refugees and permanent residents already in the Department…

April 23, 2020The panic spirals up from somewhere in Connor Langan’s midsection, and so quickly that his face changes; wild in the eyes, his upper lip trembling, he sometimes punches a wall in frustration. Such episodes resulted in Connor, 17, being placed on leave from high school late last year, and in early March he…