Rewilding efforts have been emboldened by the sudden cessation of everyday life during the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists are seizing the opportunity to learn how best to support our wildlife, says Graham Lawton Life | Comment 22 July 2020 By Graham Lawton Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty WHEN I sat down at my kitchen table…
The Liberty Fighters Network and Reyno de Beer have applied for leave to cross-appeal the minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs in the matter involving the declaration of lockdown regulations as unconstitutional.The two argue there existed less restrictive mechanisms, which also preserved human rights, to manage the Covid-19 pandemic.They said the declaration was based…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala PHOTO: Supplied by KZN government KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala says there is an easing of pressure on the province's trauma units since the alcohol ban.He also revealed that more than 1 500 health care workers have tested positive for Covid-19 in total.This makes up for around 4% of all cases in…
Historians believe a lockdown typically ends before a pandemic ends. However, Covid-19 differs from past pandemics because it is longer in duration. The coronavirus pandemic has been raging in South Africa for more than three months without the peak being reached, while the Spanish Flu lasted around six weeks. South African historians and psychologists agree lockdowns to prevent…
SAPS officials have been mostly cracking down on those who flout lockdown regulations. Roger Sedres, Gallo Images Eastern Cape police confiscated liquid tobacco valued at R360 000 after a tip-off from a courier company.The products were couriered from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape in alleged contravention of lockdown regulations relating to tobacco products.The courier…
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…