The Gauteng High Court forced the basic education department to introduce the national school feeding scheme. The programme was halted in March when schools were first closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. News24 spoke to Section27 which brought the application opposing the department's introduction of the programme. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, in the middle of July, ordered…
By Clare Wilson A red fox raiding a bin on a residential street in LondonGraham Racher / Alamy We shouldn’t be surprised by how well foxes can survive by scavenging from our food leftovers – it is a behaviour that is tens of thousands of years old. The ancestors of today’s foxes began living on…
As many endure the real financial burden of the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, members of the public and civil society groups alike have taken up the task to help feed the hungry.LOCKDOWN | Here's how you can help those in needThis week in Mooreesburg in the Western Cape, NGO Gift of the Givers took…
Rats and other rodents have had to become even more aggressive in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants has seen their source dry up. With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally bountiful supply of food left behind from…
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…