Pupils who have not yet returned to school will also be covered by the school nutrition programme, says the Gauteng education department.On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that public schools would close from 27 July to 24 August.However, the national school nutrition programme would continue operating during the break.Grade 12s would, however, only take…
Dr. Ron Weiss, 58, is a primary care and urgent care physician who helped treat the first COVID-19 patient in New Jersey in March. Since then, he’s seen hundreds of patients with the disease.Weiss is not only a doctor but an organic farmer whose integrative medicine practice is located on a 342-acre farm in Long…
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…