May 19, 2020Updated 11:38 a.m. ETThe mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is only beginning to show itself, and it is too early to predict the scale of the impact.The coronavirus pandemic is an altogether different kind of cataclysm — an ongoing, wavelike, poorly understood threat that seems to be both everywhere and nowhere,…
Pieter-Steph du Toit (Gallo Images) Lloyd Burnard - Sport24 The best rugby players in South Africa are being lined up and approached for lucrative moves abroad despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.This stems from the 21-day contract window that was driven by the SA Rugby Industry and MyPlayers - a clause that allows all professional players…
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…