Cricket South Africa's launch of 3 Team Cricket as a way for competitive action to return has been met with intrigue, but there are various questions over the finer details.Graeme Smith, national director of cricket, noted that it was 'interesting' to assemble the group of 24 players for the three teams. The federation also provided assurances…
The Margin Published: June 11, 2020 at 3:16 p.m. ET A report about growing outbreaks of EEE virus, or Eastern equine encephalitis, has gone viral Mosquito bites spread various diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people a year. nechaev-kon/iStock Turns out, murder hornets aren’t the killer insects to worry about this summer. Mosquitoes are…
Glenda Johnson sat on her mother’s hospital bed, took her hand and told her it was OK to go.But Linda Hopkins, her face tensed against the smothering pain of coronavirus-related pneumonia, was not ready.“I don’t want to die,” Linda, 83, replied, tubes feeding oxygen into her nostrils, her daughter later recalled. “It just hurts so…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…