Minibus taxis parked at a taxi rank. (Duncan Alfreds, News24) Scores of commuters in Gauteng will be left stranded after taxis have threatened to down tools on Monday.Santaco is aggrieved over the loss of income, and fears banks will resume deducting debts from 1 July.Also, the National Taxi Alliance has allowed its members to increase…
UCSF released the final results Thursday from the mass testing of nearly 4,000 people in a Mission District neighborhood, revealing a high proportion of previous infections among low-income, essential Latino workers. About 6% of the residents tested positive for antibodies in late April and early May, showing they had been previously infected. Around 2% were…
Thousands of people joined anti-racism protests across the US on Sunday.Trump has blamed the extreme left for the violence, saying he planned to designate a group known as Antifa as a terrorist organisation.Governor Tim Walz has mobilised all of Minnesota's National Guard troops - the state guard's biggest mobilisation ever - to help restore order.Anti-racism…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Thousands of people in Southern California swarmed the beaches Friday to cool off from springtime heat amid the coronavirus pandemic.Temperatures in the region have soared heading into the weekend, nearly reaching 100 degrees in some parts of Los Angeles County, but beaches…
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…