Our closest living relatives are the six species of great ape: chimpanzees, bonobos, Western lowland gorillas, Eastern lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and Sumatran orangutans. All of them are endangered, or critically endangered, and at risk of becoming extinct in our lifetime.
Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League slams demolitions
About 80 feeding schemes are operating during the lockdown, many from people’s backyards
On Monday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 1 686 - an increase of 31 from the previously reported cases, with one new death reported.
Quick guide to the lockdown rules
National response needs to be gender sensitive and pro-poor
Disrespect and abuse during childbirth are a violation of women’s human rights. Women deserve care that maintains their dignity, ensures their privacy and confidentiality and is free from mistreatment and discrimination.
The KwaZulu-Natal province has created a One -Stop Business Portal to assist entrepreneurs to weather the wrath of the Coronavirus on the economy.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), in its quest to find efficacious therapies to treat COVID-19, plans to conduct a multi-arm, multi-country clinical trial. The trials have yet to begin, but ten countries have already signed up. Only one of them, South Africa, is on the African continent.
The spread of the coronavirus has forced millions all over the world to retreat to base and abandon outdoor exercise and gym sessions. If they own a big house and garden, it’s manageable, but many live in shacks, cramped houses or tiny high-rise flats. How can they avoid going to...
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative study that’s conducted in five-year cycles. More than 60 countries take part in it. For its part South Africa was included in the 2006, 2011, 2016 and upcoming 2021 cycles.
We debunk nonsense being spread about the pandemic
Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand and David Francis, University of the Witwatersrand As South Africa entered its 21-day lockdown, the political message was that South Africans were all in it together. However, it is clear that while society has been united politically to fight COVID-19, there are extreme and...
Informal taders selling essential goods and uncooked foods to now operate with a permit during the lockdown
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment recently nominated Finima Nature Park in River State as a Ramsar site: a wetland of international importance.
Court document shows that house was supposed to be “a standard two bedroom brick and mortar structure with indoor sanitation facilities”
The human evolutionary path is complicated. It’s almost impossible to say exactly when we modern humans became “us”. This quandary is best articulated by the famous naturalist Charles Darwin in his book The Descent of Man:
“The municipality should not wait to act when there are pandemics like to provide residents with basic services” says PE resident
TB test repurposed for Covid-19 will massively increase capacity
Over 2,000 homeless people placed in shelters in Durban
IPID is also investigating 13 complaints related to shootings and 14 assault cases
Competition Tribunal can deal with matters urgently and impose pricing orders
Government avails relief funds for performers out of pocket due to the lockdown
“The court action you embarked on to force these doctors into a provincial facility, and the manner in which these doctors have been treated by yourself and certain healthcare staff of the province, is most unsettling”
NEHAWU concerned about lack of patient confidentiality being exercised by staff
So, most of us have heard the term file backups before, but what does it mean? And what does it mean for your business?
A South African court Monday re-opened an inquest into the death of the first white anti-apartheid activist to die in police custody, 38 years after his death by alleged suicide.
Four people were killed and several shops and vehicles burnt after thieves breached a fuel pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, causing an explosion, emergency services said Monday
The sport of rugby has its history in England in the 19th century in which its early version was conceived at a rugby school Warwickshire, England.
Many people feel that they have missed the opportunity to buy cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin - but this is certainly not the case.
Could you name 5 of them? If not, no problem! We’ve prepared a bunch of interesting facts about 5 horse races that we consider to be the most prestigious in the world. Let’s dive in.
