A pregnant Scottsdene woman and her baby died in a shooting.Police are looking for her assailants.Mother and baby were among four people shot during the incident. Cape Town police are still trying to find the gunmen who shot dead a pregnant woman in Scottsdene, Kraaifontein on Sunday. She was shot in Kliphok Street and the search…
People of the Eersterust community during the Stop Violence Against Women March in Pretoria. A North West woman is fighting for her life in hospital after being repeatedly stabbed by her boyfriend on 7 June at her home in Taung.Bonolo Selaolo, 32, was pregnant when her boyfriend attacked her. She has lost her unborn child.The…
King William's Town police are investigating a case of murder after occupants of a Toyota Fortuner SUV opened fire on a pregnant woman, fatally wounding her.The police are appealing to the public to help search for the suspects.The woman's body was found lying next to her car outside her Clubview home. A 35-year-old pregnant King William’s…
By New Scientist and Press Association So far, most pregnant women with covid-19 have had good outcomesGuy Bell/Shutterstock More than half of pregnant women admitted to UK hospitals with coronavirus were from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background. This is according to a study that looked at data from pregnant women admitted to…
The elephant, photoed before the incident. (Twitter/MothershipSG) Pregnant elephant dies after eating fruit rigged with explosives.Villagers in India lace fruit with firecrackers which act as land mines to protect their fields from wild animals.Local police are investigating the incident.A pregnant elephant was killed in India after eating fruit stuffed with explosives, officials said Wednesday, sparking…
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…