KwaZulu Natal, Ingonyama Trust land. (File, Supplied) The Ingonyama Trust says a bill that aims to improve women's access to land tenure should not to apply to "traditional land".The Legal Resources Centre asked for a complete overhaul of the tenure system.Parliament has until April 2021 to amend the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act after…
polio vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955. Everybody wanted his vaccine. Desperate parents clogged doctors’ phone lines in search of the precious elixir; drug companies and doctors diverted doses to the rich and famous.Some of the first batches of the vaccine were disastrously botched, causing 200 cases of permanent paralysis. That barely dented…
It is time for political parties to offer support to South Africans who are struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Heather A Thuynsma and Francois Gilles de Pelichy.This seems to be the conundrum facing some political parties in South Africa who are also trying to improve their personal connection with voters. With one eye on managing…
Trust in President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership is declining, a survey among South Africans has shown. The survey also shows that many people are experiencing financial difficulties and food insecurity. Most respondents feel a ban on liquor and tobacco is justified. Trust in President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership is declining, and fewer people agree that Ramaphosa is taking the lead…
The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of cinnamon products with dangerously high levels of lead, bringing the total to 21. The alert now includes Wise Wife brand ground cinnamon from SLR Food Distribution Inc., of Hicksville, NY. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry collected and analyzed samples of this
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of