By Eric Ting, SFGATE Published 10:40 am PDT, Friday, August 21, 2020 Signs of re opening businesses can be seen along Davis Street in downtown Santa Rosa on Friday June 12, 2020. Signs of re opening businesses can be seen along Davis Street in downtown Santa Rosa on Friday June 12, 2020. Photo: The Washington Post/The…
Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni. Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas Finance Minister Tito Mboweni hints at zero-based budgeting ahead of his emergency budget speech to be delivered in two weeks.Mboweni says government needs to start from scratch and prioritise infrastructure enhancing growth.The National Assembly has passed the 2020 Appropriation Bill.Dropping a hint that the government is looking…
BOSTON — Whether it’s planting trees or serving food to the homeless, volunteering your time for the greater good makes a difference in the lives of many. As it turns out, doing good deeds also benefits your body, too. A new study out of Harvard shows that people who regularly volunteer enjoy longer, happier, healthier lives. …
Rito Hlungwani (forwards coach), John Dobson (head coach) and Labeeb Levy (skills coach and performance analyst) (Gallo Images) SA Rugby's Covid-19 Committee is expected to meet on Monday to finalise and standardise directives for franchises return to training, specifically virus testing.While the federation has already prepared its overall return-to-play protocol, input is still required on…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump said that he is no longer on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug he has been taking for several weeks as a treatment to ward off the coronavirus.“Finished, just finished,” Trump told “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” during an interview…
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…