Heinz Schenk - Sport24 Hindsight is indeed an exact science, but it's hard not to believe that the events of 1 July 2011 aligned the stars for Schalk Erasmus' "homecoming" to Loftus.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021The 22-year-old hooker, a Junior Springbok star two years ago, was…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool UK prime minister Boris Johnson in parliament todayJESSICA TAYLOR/UK PARLIAMENT HAN Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 20 May UK aims to recruit 25,000 covid-19 contact tracers by June, as app is delayed UK prime minister Boris Johnson told MPs today…
By Adam Vaughan BBC The UK government has set a new target of recruiting 18,000 coronavirus contact tracers by the middle of May, but is unable to say how much progress it has made. Contact tracing in the UK ended in early March, but health secretary Matt Hanock has said recently that “large scale” tracing…
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…