Snake catcher André du Preez rescued a 1.8m metre long Cape Cobra at a construction site in Worcester.He gave the chilly serpent a hot bath to warm her up from the winter cold. The healthy snake will be released on a sunny day later this week. As the cold gripped Worcester, residents scurried to find warm shelter.…
Siya Kolisi (Gallo Images) Lee Warren (Gallo Images) Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has broken his silence on the Black Lives Matter debate, explaining that he needed to take his time to reflect.The 29-year-old has arguably been affected by the movement dominating discourse in SA sport more than most given his immensely challenging upbringing in extreme…
The Nelson Mandela Foundation will be hosting a virtual annual lecture that will be live from Johannesburg and the United Nations in New York City.Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, will deliver the 18th annual lecture.This year's Mandela Day lecture will be dedicated to Mandela's late daughter, Zindzi, who died this week. Nelson…
Zelda la Grange wanted to donate 27 000 cups of soup to Zwelihle residents in Hermanus on Mandela Day. Her friends matched the donation so that she doubled her target.Through their Kolisi foundation, Springbok Captain Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel also donated 300 food parcels.Former private secretary to Nelson Mandela, Zelda la Grange, roped in…
As longevity science has entered the wellness zeitgeist, experts have worked to popularize the idea of healthspan over lifespan—the number of years you thrive, not just survive. And when it comes to the components that drive long-term health, muscle plays an outsize role, Gabrielle Lyon, DO, a family medicine physician and author of Forever Strong
3 min read HEART FAILURE. RECTAL cancer. Brain bleeds. Each of the people in this package of stories might not be alive today without a key medical innovation that took many years, millions of dollars, and countless setbacks and breakthroughs to get quite right. Who are the next people to be saved? Survivors Stories 1.
When the hair rises on the back of your neck through a process called piloerection or something hurts so much your primitive response prompts you to run away, your body can completely block out pain to deal with the survival scenario at hand. “Beautiful” is the word Luke Henderson, PhD, uses to describe this process